#280A35#280A35

#280A35 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.083 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A35
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 53)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.35, 23.87, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.35, 32.03, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(22.04% 0.0576 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(22.04% 0.083 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6261, 0.9253, 3.4604)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A35 #17350A

analogous

#120A35 #280A35 #350A2D

triadic

#280A35 #35280A #0A3528

tetradic

#280A35 #35120A #17350A #0A2D35

square

#280A35 #35120A #17350A #0A2D35

split-complementary

#280A35 #2D350A #0A3512

monochromatic

#13051A #13051A #280A35 #4F1468 #761D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.72

#280A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A35

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A35	1.00	17.72	1.19	17.72
#FFFFFF	17.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.083 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6c',
    500: '#280a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a35;
$custom-light: #644c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22042,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A35

secondary

#3F7228

accent

#EB3D71

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A35

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

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