#281E2A#281E2A

#281E2A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.026 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E2A
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 42)
HSL	hsl(290, 17%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(290, 29%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.90, 7.63, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.90, 9.84, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(25.21% 0.0205 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(25.21% 0.026 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7572, 1.5469, 2.3960)
Luminance	0.0155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E2A #202A1E

analogous

#221E2A #281E2A #2A1E26

triadic

#281E2A #2A281E #1E2A28

tetradic

#281E2A #2A221E #202A1E #1E262A

square

#281E2A #2A221E #202A1E #1E262A

split-complementary

#281E2A #262A1E #1E2A22

monochromatic

#110D12 #110D12 #281E2A #4A384E #6C5171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.04

#281E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E2A

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E2A	1.00	16.04	1.31	16.04
#FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D212A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F222A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281F22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.026 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625963',
    500: '#281e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e2a;
$custom-light: #625963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25213,
    "c": 0.02648,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E2A

secondary

#4C5B48

accent

#B96E7B

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E2A

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

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