#280E24#280E24

#280E24 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.056 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E24
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 36)
HSL	hsl(309, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(309, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 10%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.06, 17.38, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.06, 19.65, 332.17°)
OKLab	oklab(21.46% 0.05 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(21.46% 0.056 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3505, 0.8927, 1.7699)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E24 #0E2812

analogous

#1F0E28 #280E24 #280E17

triadic

#280E24 #24280E #0E2428

tetradic

#280E24 #281F0E #0E2812 #0E1728

square

#280E24 #281F0E #0E2812 #0E1728

split-complementary

#280E24 #17280E #0E281F

monochromatic

#170814 #170814 #280E24 #551E4D #832E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.82

#280E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E24

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E24	1.00	17.82	1.18	17.82
#FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E1525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.056 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d5e',
    500: '#280e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e24;
$custom-light: #634d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21458,
    "c": 0.05583,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E24

secondary

#306138

accent

#D86550

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E24

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

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