#280C2A#280C2A

#280C2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.067 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C2A
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 42)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.96, 19.99, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.96, 24.33, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(21.5% 0.0546 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(21.5% 0.067 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4244, 0.8813, 2.2851)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C2A #0E2A0C

analogous

#190C2A #280C2A #2A0C1D

triadic

#280C2A #2A280C #0C2A28

tetradic

#280C2A #2A190C #0E2A0C #0C1D2A

square

#280C2A #2A190C #0E2A0C #0C1D2A

split-complementary

#280C2A #1D2A0C #0C2A19

monochromatic

#170718 #170718 #280C2A #551A5A #832789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.85

#280C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C2A

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C2A	1.00	17.85	1.18	17.85
#FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08152B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.067 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c63',
    500: '#280c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c2a;
$custom-light: #634c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.215,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C2A

secondary

#30652D

accent

#DF4953

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A7779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C2A

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

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