#280E28#280E28

#280E28 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.060 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E28
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 40)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.29, 18.29, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.29, 21.79, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(21.7% 0.0509 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(21.7% 0.06 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4151, 0.9185, 2.1098)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E28 #0E280E

analogous

#1B0E28 #280E28 #280E1B

triadic

#280E28 #28280E #0E2828

tetradic

#280E28 #281B0E #0E280E #0E1B28

square

#280E28 #281B0E #0E280E #0E1B28

split-complementary

#280E28 #1B280E #0E281B

monochromatic

#170817 #170817 #280E28 #551E55 #832E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.74

#280E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#280E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E28

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E28	1.00	17.74	1.18	17.74
#FFFFFF	17.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.060 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e62',
    500: '#280e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e28;
$custom-light: #634e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21703,
    "c": 0.06035,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E28

secondary

#306130

accent

#D85050

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E28

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

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