#281F29#281F29

#281F29 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.023 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F29
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 41)
HSL	hsl(294, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(294, 24%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.18, 6.65, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.18, 8.36, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(25.41% 0.0181 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(25.41% 0.023 323)
XYZ	xyz(1.7652, 1.5912, 2.3115)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F29 #20291F

analogous

#231F29 #281F29 #291F25

triadic

#281F29 #29281F #1F2928

tetradic

#281F29 #29231F #20291F #1F2529

square

#281F29 #29231F #20291F #1F2529

split-complementary

#281F29 #25291F #1F2923

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #281F29 #4A394C #6C546F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.93

#281F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#281F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F29

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F29	1.00	15.93	1.32	15.93
#FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.023 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625a62',
    500: '#281f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f29;
$custom-light: #625a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25409,
    "c": 0.02265,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.01591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F29

secondary

#4C5A4A

accent

#B77178

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F29

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

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