#280C25#280C25

#280C25 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.2% C 0.061 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C25
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 37)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 7.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.66, 18.83, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.66, 21.59, 330.71°)
OKLab	oklab(21.17% 0.0538 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(21.17% 0.061 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.3405, 0.8477, 1.8429)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C25 #0C280F

analogous

#1D0C28 #280C25 #280C17

triadic

#280C25 #25280C #0C2528

tetradic

#280C25 #281D0C #0C280F #0C1728

square

#280C25 #281D0C #0C280F #0C1728

split-complementary

#280C25 #17280C #0C281D

monochromatic

#180716 #180716 #280C25 #571A51 #86287C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.95

#280C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C25

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C25	1.00	17.95	1.17	17.95
#FFFFFF	17.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0E16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.2% 0.061 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c5f',
    500: '#280c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c25;
$custom-light: #634c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21174,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C25

secondary

#2D6333

accent

#DD5A4B

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C25

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

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