#280D2F#280D2F

#280D2F is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.071 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D2F
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 47)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.52, 20.62, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.52, 26.53, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(22.02% 0.0534 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(22.02% 0.071 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5320, 0.9443, 2.7903)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D2F #142F0D

analogous

#170D2F #280D2F #2F0D25

triadic

#280D2F #2F280D #0D2F28

tetradic

#280D2F #2F170D #142F0D #0D252F

square

#280D2F #2F170D #142F0D #0D252F

split-complementary

#280D2F #252F0D #0D2F17

monochromatic

#140718 #140718 #280D2F #511A5F #7A288F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.66

#280D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D2F

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D2F	1.00	17.66	1.19	17.66
#FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F192E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.071 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d67',
    500: '#280d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d2f;
$custom-light: #634d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22016,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D2F

secondary

#3A6A2E

accent

#E04867

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D2F

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

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