#280F2B#280F2B

#280F2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.062 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F2B
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 43)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 65.1%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.72, 18.38, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.72, 22.75, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(22.07% 0.0496 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(22.07% 0.062 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4819, 0.9673, 2.3937)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F2B #122B0F

analogous

#1A0F2B #280F2B #2B0F20

triadic

#280F2B #2B280F #0F2B28

tetradic

#280F2B #2B1A0F #122B0F #0F202B

square

#280F2B #2B1A0F #122B0F #0F202B

split-complementary

#280F2B #202B0F #0F2B1A

monochromatic

#150817 #150817 #280F2B #521F58 #7C2F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.60

#280F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#280F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F2B

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F2B	1.00	17.60	1.19	17.60
#FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B172C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.062 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e64',
    500: '#280f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f2b;
$custom-light: #634e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22074,
    "c": 0.06191,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F2B

secondary

#376432

accent

#D8505F

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F2B

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

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