#281E2C#281E2C

#281E2C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.030 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E2C
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 44)
HSL	hsl(283, 19%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.99, 8.15, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.99, 11.09, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(25.31% 0.0213 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(25.31% 0.03 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7939, 1.5615, 2.5893)
Luminance	0.0156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E2C #222C1E

analogous

#211E2C #281E2C #2C1E29

triadic

#281E2C #2C281E #1E2C28

tetradic

#281E2C #2C211E #222C1E #1E292C

square

#281E2C #2C211E #222C1E #1E292C

split-complementary

#281E2C #292C1E #1E2C21

monochromatic

#110C12 #110C12 #281E2C #493750 #6A5075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.00

#281E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E2C

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E2C	1.00	16.00	1.31	16.00
#FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C212D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E222C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.030 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625965',
    500: '#281e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e2c;
$custom-light: #625965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25313,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E2C

secondary

#4E5E48

accent

#BC6C83

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E2C

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

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