#281A2A#281A2A

#281A2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.036 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A2A
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 42)
HSL	hsl(293, 24%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(293, 38%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 38.1%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.67, 10.52, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.67, 13.27, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(24.27% 0.0284 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(24.27% 0.036 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6623, 1.3571, 2.3644)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A2A #1C2A1A

analogous

#201A2A #281A2A #2A1A24

triadic

#281A2A #2A281A #1A2A28

tetradic

#281A2A #2A201A #1C2A1A #1A242A

square

#281A2A #2A201A #1C2A1A #1A242A

split-complementary

#281A2A #242A1A #1A2A20

monochromatic

#120C13 #120C13 #281A2A #4C3150 #704976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.52

#281A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A2A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A2A	1.00	16.52	1.27	16.52
#FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291C20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.036 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625663',
    500: '#281a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a2a;
$custom-light: #625663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24269,
    "c": 0.03595,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A2A

secondary

#465D43

accent

#C06873

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A2A

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

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