#280C29#280C29

#280C29 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.066 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C29
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 41)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.90, 19.76, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.90, 23.77, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(21.43% 0.0545 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(21.43% 0.066 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4068, 0.8742, 2.1920)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C29 #0D290C

analogous

#190C29 #280C29 #290C1B

triadic

#280C29 #29280C #0C2928

tetradic

#280C29 #29190C #0D290C #0C1B29

square

#280C29 #29190C #0D290C #0C1B29

split-complementary

#280C29 #1B290C #0C2919

monochromatic

#170718 #170718 #280C29 #561A58 #842888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.88

#280C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#280C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C29

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C29	1.00	17.88	1.17	17.88
#FFFFFF	17.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08152A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.066 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c63',
    500: '#280c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c29;
$custom-light: #634c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21432,
    "c": 0.06554,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C29

secondary

#2F642D

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C29

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

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