#280A37#280A37

#280A37 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.086 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280A37
RGB	rgb(40, 10, 55)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 81.8%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.52, 24.39, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.52, 33.22, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(22.21% 0.0573 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(22.21% 0.086 312)
XYZ	xyz(1.6731, 0.9441, 3.7078)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280A37 #19370A

analogous

#110A37 #280A37 #370A2F

triadic

#280A37 #37280A #0A3728

tetradic

#280A37 #37110A #19370A #0A2F37

square

#280A37 #37110A #19370A #0A2F37

split-complementary

#280A37 #2F370A #0A3711

monochromatic

#13051A #13051A #280A37 #4E136B #731D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.66

#280A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280A37

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280A37	1.00	17.66	1.19	17.66
#FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 10, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.086 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6e',
    500: '#280a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280a37;
$custom-light: #644c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22211,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.00944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280A37

secondary

#427428

accent

#EC3C77

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280A37

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

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