#281E27#281E27

#281E27 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.022 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E27
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 39)
HSL	hsl(306, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(306, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 2.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.77, 6.88, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.77, 8.07, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(25.07% 0.0192 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(25.07% 0.022 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.7055, 1.5262, 2.1238)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E27 #1E281F

analogous

#241E28 #281E27 #281E22

triadic

#281E27 #27281E #1E2728

tetradic

#281E27 #28241E #1E281F #1E2228

square

#281E27 #28241E #1E281F #1E2228

split-complementary

#281E27 #22281E #1E2824

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #281E27 #4B3849 #6E526B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.09

#281E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E27

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E27	1.00	16.09	1.31	16.09
#FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.022 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625961',
    500: '#281e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e27;
$custom-light: #625961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25071,
    "c": 0.02229,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E27

secondary

#49594A

accent

#B77871

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E27

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

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