#280A2D#280A2D

#280A2D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.074 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A2D
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 45)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.75, 21.85, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.75, 27.34, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(21.41% 0.058 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(21.41% 0.074 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4572, 0.8577, 2.5709)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A2D #0F2D0A

analogous

#160A2D #280A2D #2D0A20

triadic

#280A2D #2D280A #0A2D28

tetradic

#280A2D #2D160A #0F2D0A #0A202D

square

#280A2D #2D160A #0F2D0A #0A202D

split-complementary

#280A2D #202D0A #0A2D16

monochromatic

#160619 #160619 #280A2D #55155F #812091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#280A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A2D

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A2D	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03152E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E182C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.074 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b66',
    500: '#280a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a2d;
$custom-light: #634b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21409,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A2D

secondary

#326A29

accent

#E74159

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A2D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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