#280D2D#280D2D

#280D2D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.068 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D2D
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 45)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.38, 20.12, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.38, 25.35, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(21.87% 0.0532 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(21.87% 0.068 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4926, 0.9285, 2.5827)
Luminance	0.0093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D2D #122D0D

analogous

#180D2D #280D2D #2D0D22

triadic

#280D2D #2D280D #0D2D28

tetradic

#280D2D #2D180D #122D0D #0D222D

square

#280D2D #2D180D #122D0D #0D222D

split-complementary

#280D2D #222D0D #0D2D18

monochromatic

#150718 #150718 #280D2D #521B5C #7C288C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.71

#280D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D2D

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D2D	1.00	17.71	1.19	17.71
#FFFFFF	17.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07162E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10192C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.068 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d66',
    500: '#280d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d2d;
$custom-light: #634d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21871,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D2D

secondary

#37682E

accent

#DF4961

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D2D

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

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