#280A31#280A31

#280A31 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.079 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A31
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 49)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(286, 80%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.04, 22.85, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.04, 29.67, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(21.72% 0.0579 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(21.72% 0.079 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5379, 0.8900, 2.9959)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A31 #13310A

analogous

#150A31 #280A31 #310A27

triadic

#280A31 #31280A #0A3128

tetradic

#280A31 #31150A #13310A #0A2731

square

#280A31 #31150A #13310A #0A2731

split-complementary

#280A31 #27310A #0A3115

monochromatic

#150519 #150519 #280A31 #511464 #7B1F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.83

#280A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A31

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A31	1.00	17.83	1.18	17.83
#FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B1930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28111C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.079 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c69',
    500: '#280a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a31;
$custom-light: #644c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21716,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A31

secondary

#396E29

accent

#E93F66

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A31

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

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