#281C28#281C28

#281C28 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.028 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C28
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 40)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(300, 30%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.19, 8.57, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.19, 10.37, 325.73°)
OKLab	oklab(24.64% 0.0237 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(24.64% 0.028 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.6733, 1.4349, 2.1959)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C28 #1C281C

analogous

#221C28 #281C28 #281C22

triadic

#281C28 #28281C #1C2828

tetradic

#281C28 #28221C #1C281C #1C2228

square

#281C28 #28221C #1C281C #1C2228

split-complementary

#281C28 #22281C #1C2822

monochromatic

#120D12 #120D12 #281C28 #4C354C #704E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.32

#281C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C28

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C28	1.00	16.32	1.29	16.32
#FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291D20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.028 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625861',
    500: '#281c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c28;
$custom-light: #625861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24635,
    "c": 0.02842,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C28

secondary

#465A46

accent

#BA6D6D

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C28

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

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