#280E2E#280E2E

#280E2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.068 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E2E
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 46)
HSL	hsl(289, 53%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 69.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.68, 19.76, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.68, 25.24, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(22.11% 0.0517 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(22.11% 0.068 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.5252, 0.9625, 2.6897)
Luminance	0.0096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E2E #142E0E

analogous

#180E2E #280E2E #2E0E24

triadic

#280E2E #2E280E #0E2E28

tetradic

#280E2E #2E180E #142E0E #0E242E

square

#280E2E #2E180E #142E0E #0E242E

split-complementary

#280E2E #242E0E #0E2E18

monochromatic

#140717 #140717 #280E2E #511C5D #7A2B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.61

#280E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E2E

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E2E	1.00	17.61	1.19	17.61
#FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07172F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.068 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e67',
    500: '#280e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e2e;
$custom-light: #634e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22108,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E2E

secondary

#3A6830

accent

#DD4B66

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E2E

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