#281C2D#281C2D

#281C2D is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.036 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C2D
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 45)
HSL	hsl(282, 23%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(282, 38%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.42, 9.86, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.42, 13.44, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(24.89% 0.0256 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(24.89% 0.036 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7639, 1.4711, 2.6731)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C2D #212D1C

analogous

#201C2D #281C2D #2D1C2A

triadic

#281C2D #2D281C #1C2D28

tetradic

#281C2D #2D201C #212D1C #1C2A2D

square

#281C2D #2D201C #212D1C #1C2A2D

split-complementary

#281C2D #2A2D1C #1C2D20

monochromatic

#110C13 #110C13 #281C2D #4A3353 #6B4B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.23

#281C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C2D

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C2D	1.00	16.23	1.29	16.23
#FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A202E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C212C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.036 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625866',
    500: '#281c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c2d;
$custom-light: #625866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 23.288,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24892,
    "c": 0.0357,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C2D

secondary

#4D6045

accent

#C06882

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C2D

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

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