#280D2A#280D2A

#280D2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.065 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D2A
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 42)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 69%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.18, 19.39, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.18, 23.63, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(21.66% 0.0529 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(21.66% 0.065 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4369, 0.9062, 2.2893)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D2A #0F2A0D

analogous

#190D2A #280D2A #2A0D1D

triadic

#280D2A #2A280D #0D2A28

tetradic

#280D2A #2A190D #0F2A0D #0D1D2A

square

#280D2A #2A190D #0F2A0D #0D1D2A

split-complementary

#280D2A #1D2A0D #0D2A19

monochromatic

#160717 #160717 #280D2A #551B59 #812A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#280D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D2A

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D2A	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09162B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.065 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d63',
    500: '#280d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d2a;
$custom-light: #634d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21664,
    "c": 0.06474,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D2A

secondary

#32642E

accent

#DC4C56

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D2A

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

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