#280E2D#280E2D

#280E2D is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.066 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E2D
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 45)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.61, 19.51, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.61, 24.65, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(22.04% 0.0516 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(22.04% 0.066 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5057, 0.9547, 2.5871)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E2D #132D0E

analogous

#190E2D #280E2D #2D0E23

triadic

#280E2D #2D280E #0E2D28

tetradic

#280E2D #2D190E #132D0E #0E232D

square

#280E2D #2D190E #132D0E #0E232D

split-complementary

#280E2D #232D0E #0E2D19

monochromatic

#150717 #150717 #280E2D #511D5C #7B2B8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.63

#280E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E2D

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E2D	1.00	17.63	1.19	17.63
#FFFFFF	17.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08172E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.066 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e66',
    500: '#280e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e2d;
$custom-light: #634e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22038,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E2D

secondary

#396730

accent

#DC4C63

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E2D

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

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