#280B2D#280B2D

#280B2D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.072 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B2D
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 45)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 75.6%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.95, 21.30, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.95, 26.71, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(21.56% 0.0564 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(21.56% 0.072 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4683, 0.8800, 2.5746)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B2D #102D0B

analogous

#170B2D #280B2D #2D0B21

triadic

#280B2D #2D280B #0B2D28

tetradic

#280B2D #2D170B #102D0B #0B212D

square

#280B2D #2D170B #102D0B #0B212D

split-complementary

#280B2D #212D0B #0B2D17

monochromatic

#160619 #160619 #280B2D #54175E #7F238F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#280B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B2D

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B2D	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05152E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F192C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.072 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c66',
    500: '#280b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b2d;
$custom-light: #634c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21557,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B2D

secondary

#34692A

accent

#E4445B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B2D

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

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