#280E29#280E29

#280E29 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.062 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E29
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 41)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.35, 18.53, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.35, 22.34, 326.02°)
OKLab	oklab(21.77% 0.051 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(21.77% 0.062 326)
XYZ	xyz(1.4323, 0.9254, 2.2006)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E29 #0F290E

analogous

#1A0E29 #280E29 #290E1C

triadic

#280E29 #29280E #0E2928

tetradic

#280E29 #291A0E #0F290E #0E1C29

square

#280E29 #291A0E #0F290E #0E1C29

split-complementary

#280E29 #1C290E #0E291A

monochromatic

#160817 #160817 #280E29 #551E57 #812D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.72

#280E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E29

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E29	1.00	17.72	1.19	17.72
#FFFFFF	17.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B162A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.062 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e62',
    500: '#280e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e29;
$custom-light: #634e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21767,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.00925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E29

secondary

#326330

accent

#D94F54

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E29

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

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