#281A26#281A26

#281A26 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.031 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A26
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 38)
HSL	hsl(309, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(309, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.48, 9.53, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.48, 10.97, 330.29°)
OKLab	oklab(24.07% 0.0269 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(24.07% 0.031 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5943, 1.3299, 2.0061)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A26 #1A281C

analogous

#231A28 #281A26 #281A1F

triadic

#281A26 #26281A #1A2628

tetradic

#281A26 #28231A #1A281C #1A1F28

square

#281A26 #28231A #1A281C #1A1F28

split-complementary

#281A26 #1F281A #1A2823

monochromatic

#130C12 #130C12 #281A26 #4D3249 #724A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.59

#281A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A26

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A26	1.00	16.59	1.27	16.59
#FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.031 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625660',
    500: '#281a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a26;
$custom-light: #625660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24066,
    "c": 0.03059,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A26

secondary

#435B47

accent

#BE766A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A26

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

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