#280E31#280E31

#280E31 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.071 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E31
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 49)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.88, 20.53, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.88, 27.03, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(22.33% 0.0519 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(22.33% 0.071 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5864, 0.9870, 3.0121)
Luminance	0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E31 #17310E

analogous

#160E31 #280E31 #310E29

triadic

#280E31 #31280E #0E3128

tetradic

#280E31 #31160E #17310E #0E2931

square

#280E31 #31160E #17310E #0E2931

split-complementary

#280E31 #29310E #0E3116

monochromatic

#130718 #130718 #280E31 #4F1C61 #762990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.54

#280E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E31

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E31	1.00	17.54	1.20	17.54
#FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#051832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28141D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.071 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e69',
    500: '#280e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e31;
$custom-light: #634e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22327,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E31

secondary

#3F6C2F

accent

#DF496F

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050106

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E31

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

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