#280A2E#280A2E

#280A2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.075 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A2E
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 46)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 78.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.82, 22.10, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.82, 27.92, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(21.48% 0.058 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(21.48% 0.075 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4767, 0.8655, 2.6735)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A2E #102E0A

analogous

#160A2E #280A2E #2E0A22

triadic

#280A2E #2E280A #0A2E28

tetradic

#280A2E #2E160A #102E0A #0A222E

square

#280A2E #2E160A #102E0A #0A222E

split-complementary

#280A2E #222E0A #0A2E16

monochromatic

#160519 #160519 #280A2E #541560 #7F2093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.90

#280A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A2E

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A2E	1.00	17.90	1.17	17.90
#FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03152F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D182D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.075 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b67',
    500: '#280a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a2e;
$custom-light: #634b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21484,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A2E

secondary

#346B29

accent

#E7415C

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A2E

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

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