#280F2E#280F2E

#280F2E is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.066 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280F2E
RGB	rgb(40, 15, 46)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 67.4%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.91, 19.13, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.91, 24.52, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(22.28% 0.05 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(22.28% 0.066 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5390, 0.9901, 2.6943)
Luminance	0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280F2E #152E0F

analogous

#190F2E #280F2E #2E0F25

triadic

#280F2E #2E280F #0F2E28

tetradic

#280F2E #2E190F #152E0F #0F252E

square

#280F2E #2E190F #152E0F #0F252E

split-complementary

#280F2E #252E0F #0F2E19

monochromatic

#140817 #140817 #280F2E #501E5C #782D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.53

#280F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#280F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280F2E

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280F2E	1.00	17.53	1.20	17.53
#FFFFFF	17.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09182F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28141C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 15, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.066 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634e67',
    500: '#280f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280f2e;
$custom-light: #634e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22279,
    "c": 0.06569,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280F2E

secondary

#3C6831

accent

#DA4D69

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050206

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #280F2E

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

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