#280C2B#280C2B

#280C2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.068 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C2B
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 43)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 72.1%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.03, 20.23, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.03, 24.89, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(21.57% 0.0547 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(21.57% 0.068 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4425, 0.8886, 2.3806)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C2B #0F2B0C

analogous

#180C2B #280C2B #2B0C1E

triadic

#280C2B #2B280C #0C2B28

tetradic

#280C2B #2B180C #0F2B0C #0C1E2B

square

#280C2B #2B180C #0F2B0C #0C1E2B

split-complementary

#280C2B #1E2B0C #0C2B18

monochromatic

#160718 #160718 #280C2B #55195B #81278B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.83

#280C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C2B

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C2B	1.00	17.83	1.18	17.83
#FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07152C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11192A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.068 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c64',
    500: '#280c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c2b;
$custom-light: #634c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.194,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21569,
    "c": 0.06787,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C2B

secondary

#32662C

accent

#E04857

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C2B

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

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