#280C2D#280C2D

#280C2D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.070 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C2D
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 45)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 73.3%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.16, 20.72, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.16, 26.04, 322.71°)
OKLab	oklab(21.71% 0.0549 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(21.71% 0.07 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4801, 0.9036, 2.5786)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C2D #112D0C

analogous

#170C2D #280C2D #2D0C21

triadic

#280C2D #2D280C #0C2D28

tetradic

#280C2D #2D170C #112D0C #0C212D

square

#280C2D #2D170C #112D0C #0C212D

split-complementary

#280C2D #212D0C #0C2D17

monochromatic

#150618 #150618 #280C2D #53195D #7E268E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#280C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C2D

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C2D	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06162E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F192C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.070 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d66',
    500: '#280c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c2d;
$custom-light: #634d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21711,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C2D

secondary

#35692C

accent

#E1475E

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C2D

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

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