#280B2F#280B2F

#280B2F is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.074 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B2F
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 47)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.09, 21.79, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.09, 27.87, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(21.71% 0.0565 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(21.71% 0.074 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.5078, 0.8958, 2.7823)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B2F #122F0B

analogous

#160B2F #280B2F #2F0B24

triadic

#280B2F #2F280B #0B2F28

tetradic

#280B2F #2F160B #122F0B #0B242F

square

#280B2F #2F160B #122F0B #0B242F

split-complementary

#280B2F #242F0B #0B2F16

monochromatic

#150619 #150619 #280B2F #521761 #7C2292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.81

#280B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B2F

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B2F	1.00	17.81	1.18	17.81
#FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D192E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.074 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c67',
    500: '#280b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b2f;
$custom-light: #634c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21706,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B2F

secondary

#376B2A

accent

#E54362

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B2F

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

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