#280D27#280D27

#280D27 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.061 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D27
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 39)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 2.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.00, 18.69, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.00, 21.97, 328.30°)
OKLab	oklab(21.47% 0.0524 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(21.47% 0.061 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3852, 0.8855, 2.0170)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D27 #0D280E

analogous

#1B0D28 #280D27 #280D19

triadic

#280D27 #27280D #0D2728

tetradic

#280D27 #281B0D #0D280E #0D1928

square

#280D27 #281B0D #0D280E #0D1928

split-complementary

#280D27 #19280D #0D281B

monochromatic

#170817 #170817 #280D27 #561C54 #842B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.84

#280D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D27

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D27	1.00	17.84	1.18	17.84
#FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.061 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d61',
    500: '#280d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d27;
$custom-light: #634d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.222,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21467,
    "c": 0.06126,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D27

secondary

#2F6230

accent

#DA534D

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D27

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

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