#280A2F#280A2F

#280A2F is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.076 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A2F
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 47)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.89, 22.35, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.89, 28.50, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(21.56% 0.058 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(21.56% 0.076 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4966, 0.8735, 2.7785)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A2F #112F0A

analogous

#150A2F #280A2F #2F0A23

triadic

#280A2F #2F280A #0A2F28

tetradic

#280A2F #2F150A #112F0A #0A232F

square

#280A2F #2F150A #112F0A #0A232F

split-complementary

#280A2F #232F0A #0A2F15

monochromatic

#150519 #150519 #280A2F #531561 #7E1F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.88

#280A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A2F

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A2F	1.00	17.88	1.17	17.88
#FFFFFF	17.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D182E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28101B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.076 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b67',
    500: '#280a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a2f;
$custom-light: #634b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21561,
    "c": 0.07619,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A2F

secondary

#356C29

accent

#E84060

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A2F

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

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