#280B24#280B24

#280B24 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.062 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B24
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 36)
HSL	hsl(308, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 10%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.39, 19.17, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.39, 21.72, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(20.95% 0.0553 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(20.95% 0.062 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3132, 0.8179, 1.7574)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B24 #0B280F

analogous

#1E0B28 #280B24 #280B15

triadic

#280B24 #24280B #0B2428

tetradic

#280B24 #281E0B #0B280F #0B1528

square

#280B24 #281E0B #0B280F #0B1528

split-complementary

#280B24 #15280B #0B281E

monochromatic

#180716 #180716 #280B24 #58184F #88257A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.05

#280B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B24

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B24	1.00	18.05	1.16	18.05
#FFFFFF	18.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.062 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c5e',
    500: '#280b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b24;
$custom-light: #634c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20948,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B24

secondary

#2B6433

accent

#E05D48

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B24

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

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