#280D29#280D29

#280D29 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.064 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D29
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 41)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.12, 19.15, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.12, 23.07, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(21.6% 0.0528 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(21.6% 0.064 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4192, 0.8991, 2.1962)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D29 #0E290D

analogous

#1A0D29 #280D29 #290D1C

triadic

#280D29 #29280D #0D2928

tetradic

#280D29 #291A0D #0E290D #0D1C29

square

#280D29 #291A0D #0E290D #0D1C29

split-complementary

#280D29 #1C290D #0D291A

monochromatic

#170717 #170717 #280D29 #551C57 #832A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.80

#280D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D29

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D29	1.00	17.80	1.18	17.80
#FFFFFF	17.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A162A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.064 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d62',
    500: '#280d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d29;
$custom-light: #634d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21597,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D29

secondary

#30632E

accent

#DB4C52

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D29

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

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