#281A2C#281A2C

#281A2C is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.039 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A2C
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 44)
HSL	hsl(287, 26%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(287, 41%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.77, 11.04, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.77, 14.50, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(24.38% 0.0291 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(24.38% 0.039 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6990, 1.3718, 2.5577)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A2C #1E2C1A

analogous

#1F1A2C #281A2C #2C1A27

triadic

#281A2C #2C281A #1A2C28

tetradic

#281A2C #2C1F1A #1E2C1A #1A272C

square

#281A2C #2C1F1A #1E2C1A #1A272C

split-complementary

#281A2C #272C1A #1A2C1F

monochromatic

#110B13 #110B13 #281A2C #4B3152 #6E4779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#281A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A2C

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A2C	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B202B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.039 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625665',
    500: '#281a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a2c;
$custom-light: #625665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24378,
    "c": 0.03884,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A2C

secondary

#495F42

accent

#C2667A

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A2C

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