#280A36#280A36

#280A36 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.085 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A36
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 54)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.43, 24.13, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.43, 32.62, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(22.13% 0.0575 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(22.13% 0.085 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6493, 0.9346, 3.5828)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A36 #18360A

analogous

#120A36 #280A36 #360A2E

triadic

#280A36 #36280A #0A3628

tetradic

#280A36 #36120A #18360A #0A2E36

square

#280A36 #36120A #18360A #0A2E36

split-complementary

#280A36 #2E360A #0A3612

monochromatic

#13051A #13051A #280A36 #4E146A #741D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.69

#280A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A36

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A36	1.00	17.69	1.19	17.69
#FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.085 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6d',
    500: '#280a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a36;
$custom-light: #644c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22126,
    "c": 0.08451,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A36

secondary

#407328

accent

#EC3C74

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A36

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

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