#280B25#280B25

#280B25 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.063 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B25
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 37)
HSL	hsl(306, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(306, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 7.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.44, 19.40, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.44, 22.25, 330.68°)
OKLab	oklab(21.01% 0.0555 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(21.01% 0.063 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3287, 0.8241, 1.8390)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B25 #0B280E

analogous

#1D0B28 #280B25 #280B16

triadic

#280B25 #25280B #0B2528

tetradic

#280B25 #281D0B #0B280E #0B1628

square

#280B25 #281D0B #0B280E #0B1628

split-complementary

#280B25 #16280B #0B281D

monochromatic

#180716 #180716 #280B25 #581851 #88257E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.03

#280B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B25

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B25	1.00	18.03	1.16	18.03
#FFFFFF	18.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.063 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c5f',
    500: '#280b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b25;
$custom-light: #634c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21011,
    "c": 0.06304,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B25

secondary

#2B6431

accent

#E05748

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B25

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

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