#280D2E#280D2E

#280D2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.070 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D2E
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 46)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 71.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.45, 20.37, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.45, 25.94, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(21.94% 0.0533 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(21.94% 0.07 320)
XYZ	xyz(1.5121, 0.9363, 2.6853)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D2E #132E0D

analogous

#180D2E #280D2E #2E0D24

triadic

#280D2E #2E280D #0D2E28

tetradic

#280D2E #2E180D #132E0D #0D242E

square

#280D2E #2E180D #132E0D #0D242E

split-complementary

#280D2E #242E0D #0D2E18

monochromatic

#150718 #150718 #280D2E #511A5E #7B288D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.69

#280D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D2E

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D2E	1.00	17.69	1.19	17.69
#FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06172F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10192D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.070 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d67',
    500: '#280d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d2e;
$custom-light: #634d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21943,
    "c": 0.06959,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.00936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D2E

secondary

#39692E

accent

#DF4964

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D2E

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

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