#282140#282140

#282140 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.057 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282140
RGB	rgb(40, 33, 64)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 11.91, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 22.10, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% 0.0218 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.057 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.3441, 1.9089, 5.0945)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282140 #394021

analogous

#212A40 #282140 #382140

triadic

#282140 #402821 #214028

tetradic

#282140 #40212A #394021 #214038

square

#282140 #40212A #394021 #214038

split-complementary

#282140 #403821 #2A4021

monochromatic

#0D0A14 #0F0C18 #282140 #413668 #5A4B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#282140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#282140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282140

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282140	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18253F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 33, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.057 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635c75',
    500: '#282140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282140;
$custom-light: #635c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 31.959,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.272,
    "c": 0.05661,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282140

secondary

#6A7449

accent

#C860B1

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAE9ED

border

#C6C5C8

text

#050408

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282140

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

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