#280B34#280B34

#280B34 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.081 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B34
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 52)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.47, 23.07, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.47, 30.83, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(22.1% 0.0563 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(22.1% 0.081 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.6145, 0.9384, 3.3442)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B34 #17340B

analogous

#140B34 #280B34 #340B2C

triadic

#280B34 #34280B #0B3428

tetradic

#280B34 #34140B #17340B #0B2C34

square

#280B34 #34140B #17340B #0B2C34

split-complementary

#280B34 #2C340B #0B3414

monochromatic

#130519 #130519 #280B34 #4F1667 #762099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.68

#280B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B34

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B34	1.00	17.68	1.19	17.68
#FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.081 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6c',
    500: '#280b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b34;
$custom-light: #644c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22098,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B34

secondary

#3F712A

accent

#E84071

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B34

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

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