#280C31#280C31

#280C31 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.075 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C31
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 49)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.45, 21.72, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.45, 28.39, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(22.01% 0.055 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(22.01% 0.075 317)
XYZ	xyz(1.5608, 0.9359, 3.0036)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C31 #15310C

analogous

#160C31 #280C31 #310C28

triadic

#280C31 #31280C #0C3128

tetradic

#280C31 #31160C #15310C #0C2831

square

#280C31 #31160C #15310C #0C2831

split-complementary

#280C31 #28310C #0C3116

monochromatic

#140619 #140619 #280C31 #501862 #782493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.69

#280C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C31

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C31	1.00	17.69	1.19	17.69
#FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28131D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.075 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d69',
    500: '#280c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c31;
$custom-light: #634d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22009,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.00936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C31

secondary

#3C6D2C

accent

#E4446B

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C31

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

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