#280E2B#280E2B

#280E2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.064 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E2B
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 43)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 67.4%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.48, 19.01, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.48, 23.48, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(21.9% 0.0513 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(21.9% 0.064 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4681, 0.9397, 2.3891)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E2B #112B0E

analogous

#190E2B #280E2B #2B0E1F

triadic

#280E2B #2B280E #0E2B28

tetradic

#280E2B #2B190E #112B0E #0E1F2B

square

#280E2B #2B190E #112B0E #0E1F2B

split-complementary

#280E2B #1F2B0E #0E2B19

monochromatic

#150817 #150817 #280E2B #531D59 #7E2C87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.68

#280E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E2B

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E2B	1.00	17.68	1.19	17.68
#FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A162C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.064 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e64',
    500: '#280e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e2b;
$custom-light: #634e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.219,
    "c": 0.06396,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E2B

secondary

#356530

accent

#DA4D5C

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E2B

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

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