#281A2D#281A2D

#281A2D is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.040 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A2D
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 45)
HSL	hsl(284, 27%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(284, 42%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.82, 11.31, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.82, 15.13, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(24.43% 0.0295 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(24.43% 0.04 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7181, 1.3794, 2.6579)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A2D #1F2D1A

analogous

#1F1A2D #281A2D #2D1A29

triadic

#281A2D #2D281A #1A2D28

tetradic

#281A2D #2D1F1A #1F2D1A #1A292D

square

#281A2D #2D1F1A #1F2D1A #1A292D

split-complementary

#281A2D #292D1A #1A2D1F

monochromatic

#110B13 #110B13 #281A2D #4A3054 #6D477B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.46

#281A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A2D

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A2D	1.00	16.46	1.28	16.46
#FFFFFF	16.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B202C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.040 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625666',
    500: '#281a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a2d;
$custom-light: #625666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24433,
    "c": 0.04032,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A2D

secondary

#4A6142

accent

#C3657E

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A2D

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

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