#281E28#281E28

#281E28 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.024 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E28
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.82, 7.12, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.82, 8.64, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(25.12% 0.0197 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(25.12% 0.024 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7223, 1.5329, 2.2122)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E28 #1E281E

analogous

#231E28 #281E28 #281E23

triadic

#281E28 #28281E #1E2828

tetradic

#281E28 #28231E #1E281E #1E2328

square

#281E28 #28231E #1E281E #1E2328

split-complementary

#281E28 #23281E #1E2823

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #281E28 #4B384B #6E526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.07

#281E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E28

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E28	1.00	16.07	1.31	16.07
#FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.024 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625961',
    500: '#281e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e28;
$custom-light: #625961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25117,
    "c": 0.02363,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E28

secondary

#495949

accent

#B77171

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E28

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

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