#281D2A#281D2A

#281D2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.029 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D2A
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 42)
HSL	hsl(291, 18%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(291, 31%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 31%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.59, 8.35, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.59, 10.70, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(24.97% 0.0225 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(24.97% 0.029 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7323, 1.4971, 2.3877)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D2A #1F2A1D

analogous

#221D2A #281D2A #2A1D26

triadic

#281D2A #2A281D #1D2A28

tetradic

#281D2A #2A221D #1F2A1D #1D262A

square

#281D2A #2A221D #1F2A1D #1D262A

split-complementary

#281D2A #262A1D #1D2A22

monochromatic

#110C12 #110C12 #281D2A #4A364E #6D4F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.16

#281D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D2A

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D2A	1.00	16.16	1.30	16.16
#FFFFFF	16.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C202B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E212A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.029 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625963',
    500: '#281d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d2a;
$custom-light: #625963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24972,
    "c": 0.02886,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D2A

secondary

#4A5C47

accent

#BB6D79

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D2A

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

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