#280C2E#280C2E

#280C2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.071 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C2E
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 46)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 73.9%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.23, 20.96, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.23, 26.62, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(21.78% 0.0549 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(21.78% 0.071 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4996, 0.9114, 2.6812)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C2E #122E0C

analogous

#170C2E #280C2E #2E0C23

triadic

#280C2E #2E280C #0C2E28

tetradic

#280C2E #2E170C #122E0C #0C232E

square

#280C2E #2E170C #122E0C #0C232E

split-complementary

#280C2E #232E0C #0C2E17

monochromatic

#150618 #150618 #280C2E #52195F #7C258F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.76

#280C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C2E

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C2E	1.00	17.76	1.18	17.76
#FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05162F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F192D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.071 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d67',
    500: '#280c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c2e;
$custom-light: #634d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21784,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C2E

secondary

#376A2C

accent

#E24661

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C2E

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

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