#280C35#280C35

#280C35 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.080 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C35
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 53)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.75, 22.76, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.75, 30.79, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(22.33% 0.0548 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(22.33% 0.08 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6490, 0.9711, 3.4681)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C35 #19350C

analogous

#140C35 #280C35 #350C2D

triadic

#280C35 #35280C #0C3528

tetradic

#280C35 #35140C #19350C #0C2D35

square

#280C35 #35140C #19350C #0C2D35

split-complementary

#280C35 #2D350C #0C3514

monochromatic

#130619 #130619 #280C35 #4E1767 #732399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.58

#280C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C35

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C35	1.00	17.58	1.19	17.58
#FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.080 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d6c',
    500: '#280c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c35;
$custom-light: #644d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22326,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C35

secondary

#42712C

accent

#E64276

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C35

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

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