#280D35#280D35

#280D35 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.078 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D35
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 53)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.96, 22.18, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.96, 30.13, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(22.48% 0.0534 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(22.48% 0.078 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6615, 0.9961, 3.4722)
Luminance	0.0100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D35 #1A350D

analogous

#140D35 #280D35 #350D2E

triadic

#280D35 #35280D #0D3528

tetradic

#280D35 #35140D #1A350D #0D2E35

square

#280D35 #35140D #1A350D #0D2E35

split-complementary

#280D35 #2E350D #0D3514

monochromatic

#130619 #130619 #280D35 #4D1966 #722597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.51

#280D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D35

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D35	1.00	17.51	1.20	17.51
#FFFFFF	17.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A1A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.078 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644d6c',
    500: '#280d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d35;
$custom-light: #644d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22477,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D35

secondary

#43702D

accent

#E44478

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D35

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

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