#280E26#280E26

#280E26 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.058 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E26
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 38)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.18, 17.83, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.18, 20.70, 329.48°)
OKLab	oklab(21.58% 0.0504 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(21.58% 0.058 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3819, 0.9052, 1.9353)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E26 #0E2810

analogous

#1D0E28 #280E26 #280E19

triadic

#280E26 #26280E #0E2628

tetradic

#280E26 #281D0E #0E2810 #0E1928

square

#280E26 #281D0E #0E2810 #0E1928

split-complementary

#280E26 #19280E #0E281D

monochromatic

#170816 #170816 #280E26 #551E51 #832E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#280E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E26

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E26	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.058 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e60',
    500: '#280e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e26;
$custom-light: #634e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21578,
    "c": 0.05805,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E26

secondary

#306134

accent

#D85B50

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E26

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

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