#280E30#280E30

#280E30 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.070 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E30
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 48)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.81, 20.26, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.81, 26.43, 320.07°)
OKLab	oklab(22.25% 0.0518 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(22.25% 0.07 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.5655, 0.9787, 2.9022)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E30 #16300E

analogous

#170E30 #280E30 #300E27

triadic

#280E30 #30280E #0E3028

tetradic

#280E30 #30170E #16300E #0E2730

square

#280E30 #30170E #16300E #0E2730

split-complementary

#280E30 #27300E #0E3017

monochromatic

#140718 #140718 #280E30 #4F1C5F #772A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.56

#280E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E30

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E30	1.00	17.56	1.20	17.56
#FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#061731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F1A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28141D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.070 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e68',
    500: '#280e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e30;
$custom-light: #634e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22253,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E30

secondary

#3D6A2F

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E30

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

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