#280E35#280E35

#280E35 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.077 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E35
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 53)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.18, 21.59, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.18, 29.46, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(22.63% 0.0519 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(22.63% 0.077 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6746, 1.0223, 3.4766)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E35 #1B350E

analogous

#140E35 #280E35 #350E2E

triadic

#280E35 #35280E #0E3528

tetradic

#280E35 #35140E #1B350E #0E2E35

square

#280E35 #35140E #1B350E #0E2E35

split-complementary

#280E35 #2E350E #0E3514

monochromatic

#120618 #120618 #280E35 #4D1B65 #712896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.44

#280E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E35

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E35	1.00	17.44	1.20	17.44
#FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B1A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.077 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e6c',
    500: '#280e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e35;
$custom-light: #634e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22634,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E35

secondary

#45702F

accent

#E1467A

background

#F6F4F6

surface

#EBE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#7A777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E35

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

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