#281E2D#281E2D

#281E2D is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.031 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E2D
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 45)
HSL	hsl(280, 20%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.04, 8.41, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.04, 11.73, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(25.37% 0.0217 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(25.37% 0.031 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8129, 1.5692, 2.6895)
Luminance	0.0157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E2D #232D1E

analogous

#211E2D #281E2D #2D1E2B

triadic

#281E2D #2D281E #1E2D28

tetradic

#281E2D #2D211E #232D1E #1E2B2D

square

#281E2D #2D211E #232D1E #1E2B2D

split-complementary

#281E2D #2B2D1E #1E2D21

monochromatic

#100C12 #100C12 #281E2D #493652 #694F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.98

#281E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#281E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E2D

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E2D	1.00	15.98	1.31	15.98
#FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C212E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E222D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.031 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625965',
    500: '#281e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e2d;
$custom-light: #625965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25365,
    "c": 0.03108,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E2D

secondary

#505F48

accent

#BD6B86

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E2D

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

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