#280E2A#280E2A

#280E2A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.063 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E2A
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 42)
HSL	hsl(296, 50%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.42, 18.77, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.42, 22.91, 325.00°)
OKLab	oklab(21.83% 0.0512 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(21.83% 0.063 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4500, 0.9324, 2.2936)
Luminance	0.0093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E2A #102A0E

analogous

#1A0E2A #280E2A #2A0E1E

triadic

#280E2A #2A280E #0E2A28

tetradic

#280E2A #2A1A0E #102A0E #0E1E2A

square

#280E2A #2A1A0E #102A0E #0E1E2A

split-complementary

#280E2A #1E2A0E #0E2A1A

monochromatic

#160817 #160817 #280E2A #541D58 #7F2D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.70

#280E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E2A

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E2A	1.00	17.70	1.19	17.70
#FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A162B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.063 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e63',
    500: '#280e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e2a;
$custom-light: #634e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21833,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E2A

secondary

#346430

accent

#DA4E58

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E2A

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

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