#280D26#280D26

#280D26 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.060 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D26
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 38)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(304, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.94, 18.46, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.94, 21.43, 329.49°)
OKLab	oklab(21.4% 0.0522 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(21.4% 0.06 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3688, 0.8790, 1.9309)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D26 #0D280F

analogous

#1C0D28 #280D26 #280D18

triadic

#280D26 #26280D #0D2628

tetradic

#280D26 #281C0D #0D280F #0D1828

square

#280D26 #281C0D #0D280F #0D1828

split-complementary

#280D26 #18280D #0D281C

monochromatic

#170816 #170816 #280D26 #561C52 #842B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#280D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D26

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D26	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A0F17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.060 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d60',
    500: '#280d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d26;
$custom-light: #634d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.444,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21404,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D26

secondary

#2F6232

accent

#DA584D

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D26

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

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