#281D2B#281D2B

#281D2B is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.030 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D2B
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 43)
HSL	hsl(287, 19%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 32.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.64, 8.61, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.64, 11.32, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(25.02% 0.0229 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(25.02% 0.03 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7504, 1.5043, 2.4832)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D2B #202B1D

analogous

#211D2B #281D2B #2B1D27

triadic

#281D2B #2B281D #1D2B28

tetradic

#281D2B #2B211D #202B1D #1D272B

square

#281D2B #2B211D #202B1D #1D272B

split-complementary

#281D2B #272B1D #1D2B21

monochromatic

#110C12 #110C12 #281D2B #4A3650 #6C4E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.14

#281D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D2B

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D2B	1.00	16.14	1.30	16.14
#FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B202C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E212B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.030 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625964',
    500: '#281d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d2b;
$custom-light: #625964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25023,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D2B

secondary

#4C5D47

accent

#BC6C7D

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D2B

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

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