#280B35#280B35

#280B35 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.082 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B35
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 53)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.55, 23.32, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.55, 31.42, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(22.18% 0.0562 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(22.18% 0.082 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6372, 0.9476, 3.4641)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B35 #18350B

analogous

#130B35 #280B35 #350B2D

triadic

#280B35 #35280B #0B3528

tetradic

#280B35 #35130B #18350B #0B2D35

square

#280B35 #35130B #18350B #0B2D35

split-complementary

#280B35 #2D350B #0B3513

monochromatic

#130519 #130519 #280B35 #4E1668 #75209A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.65

#280B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B35

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B35	1.00	17.65	1.19	17.65
#FFFFFF	17.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.082 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6c',
    500: '#280b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b35;
$custom-light: #644c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2218,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B35

secondary

#40722A

accent

#E93F74

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B35

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

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