#281C2A#281C2A

#281C2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.031 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C2A
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 42)
HSL	hsl(291, 20%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(291, 33%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.28, 9.08, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.28, 11.56, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(24.74% 0.0245 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(24.74% 0.031 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7082, 1.4488, 2.3797)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C2A #1E2A1C

analogous

#211C2A #281C2A #2A1C25

triadic

#281C2A #2A281C #1C2A28

tetradic

#281C2A #2A211C #1E2A1C #1C252A

square

#281C2A #2A211C #1E2A1C #1C252A

split-complementary

#281C2A #252A1C #1C2A21

monochromatic

#110C12 #110C12 #281C2A #4B344F #6E4D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.28

#281C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C2A

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C2A	1.00	16.28	1.29	16.28
#FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D212A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.031 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625863',
    500: '#281c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c2a;
$custom-light: #625863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24735,
    "c": 0.03123,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C2A

secondary

#495C46

accent

#BD6B77

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C2A

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

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