#281A2F#281A2F

#281A2F is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.043 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A2F
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 47)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(280, 45%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 44.7%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.93, 11.85, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.93, 16.40, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(24.55% 0.0301 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(24.55% 0.043 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7575, 1.3952, 2.8655)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A2F #212F1A

analogous

#1E1A2F #281A2F #2F1A2C

triadic

#281A2F #2F281A #1A2F28

tetradic

#281A2F #2F1E1A #212F1A #1A2C2F

square

#281A2F #2F1E1A #212F1A #1A2C2F

split-complementary

#281A2F #2C2F1A #1A2F1E

monochromatic

#110B14 #110B14 #281A2F #4A3056 #6B467E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.42

#281A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A2F

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A2F	1.00	16.42	1.28	16.42
#FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A202E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.043 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625667',
    500: '#281a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a2f;
$custom-light: #625667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24548,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A2F

secondary

#4D6342

accent

#C56384

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050306

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A2F

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