#280E27#280E27

#280E27 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.059 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E27
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 39)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 2.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.23, 18.06, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.23, 21.24, 328.25°)
OKLab	oklab(21.64% 0.0507 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(21.64% 0.059 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3983, 0.9118, 2.0214)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E27 #0E280F

analogous

#1C0E28 #280E27 #280E1A

triadic

#280E27 #27280E #0E2728

tetradic

#280E27 #281C0E #0E280F #0E1A28

square

#280E27 #281C0E #0E280F #0E1A28

split-complementary

#280E27 #1A280E #0E281C

monochromatic

#170816 #170816 #280E27 #551E53 #832E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.76

#280E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E27

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E27	1.00	17.76	1.18	17.76
#FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C1628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.059 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e61',
    500: '#280e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e27;
$custom-light: #634e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2164,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E27

secondary

#306132

accent

#D85550

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E27

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

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