#280B2A#280B2A

#280B2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.069 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B2A
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 42)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.75, 20.57, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.75, 24.99, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(21.34% 0.0562 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(21.34% 0.069 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4126, 0.8577, 2.2812)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B2A #0D2A0B

analogous

#180B2A #280B2A #2A0B1C

triadic

#280B2A #2A280B #0B2A28

tetradic

#280B2A #2A180B #0D2A0B #0B1C2A

square

#280B2A #2A180B #0D2A0B #0B1C2A

split-complementary

#280B2A #1C2A0B #0B2A18

monochromatic

#170618 #170618 #280B2A #56185A #84248B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#280B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B2A

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B2A	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07152B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290F19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.069 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c63',
    500: '#280b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b2a;
$custom-light: #634c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.129,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21343,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B2A

secondary

#2F662B

accent

#E24650

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B2A

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

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