#280F2C#280F2C

#280F2C is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.063 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F2C
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 44)
HSL	hsl(292, 49%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.78, 18.62, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.78, 23.33, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(22.14% 0.0497 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(22.14% 0.063 322)
XYZ	xyz(1.5005, 0.9747, 2.4915)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F2C #132C0F

analogous

#1A0F2C #280F2C #2C0F22

triadic

#280F2C #2C280F #0F2C28

tetradic

#280F2C #2C1A0F #132C0F #0F222C

square

#280F2C #2C1A0F #132C0F #0F222C

split-complementary

#280F2C #222C0F #0F2C1A

monochromatic

#150817 #150817 #280F2C #511F5A #7B2E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.57

#280F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F2C

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F2C	1.00	17.57	1.20	17.57
#FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A172D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.063 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e65',
    500: '#280f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f2c;
$custom-light: #634e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.724,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22141,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.00975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F2C

secondary

#396531

accent

#D94F62

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050205

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F2C

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

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