#280B36#280B36

#280B36 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.083 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B36
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 54)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.63, 23.59, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.63, 32.02, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(22.26% 0.0561 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(22.26% 0.083 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6605, 0.9568, 3.5865)
Luminance	0.0096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B36 #19360B

analogous

#120B36 #280B36 #360B2E

triadic

#280B36 #36280B #0B3628

tetradic

#280B36 #36120B #19360B #0B2E36

square

#280B36 #36120B #19360B #0B2E36

split-complementary

#280B36 #2E360B #0B3612

monochromatic

#130519 #130519 #280B36 #4E1569 #73209C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.63

#280B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B36

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B36	1.00	17.63	1.19	17.63
#FFFFFF	17.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#071935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.083 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644c6d',
    500: '#280b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b36;
$custom-light: #644c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22263,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B36

secondary

#42732A

accent

#E93F76

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B36

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

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