#281228#281228

#281228 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.052 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281228
RGB	rgb(40, 18, 40)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(300, 55%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.30, 15.66, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.30, 18.73, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(22.45% 0.0435 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(22.45% 0.052 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4744, 1.0370, 2.1296)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281228 #122812

analogous

#1D1228 #281228 #28121D

triadic

#281228 #282812 #122828

tetradic

#281228 #281D12 #122812 #121D28

square

#281228 #281D12 #122812 #121D28

split-complementary

#281228 #1D2812 #12281D

monochromatic

#150915 #150915 #281228 #522552 #7C387C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.39

#281228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#281228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281228

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281228	1.00	17.39	1.21	17.39
#FFFFFF	17.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29141B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 18, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.052 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625062',
    500: '#281228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281228;
$custom-light: #625062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22447,
    "c": 0.05175,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281228

secondary

#375F37

accent

#CE5A5A

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#EAE7EA

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050205

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281228

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

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