#28222C#28222C

#28222C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.020 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28222C
RGB	rgb(40, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(276, 13%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.27, 5.26, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.27, 7.67, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(26.3% 0.0135 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(26.3% 0.02 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9016, 1.7770, 2.6252)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28222C #262C22

analogous

#23222C #28222C #2C222B

triadic

#28222C #2C2822 #222C28

tetradic

#28222C #2C2322 #262C22 #222B2C

square

#28222C #2C2322 #262C22 #222B2C

split-complementary

#28222C #2B2C22 #222C23

monochromatic

#100D11 #100D11 #28222C #473D4F #675771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.49

#28222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#28222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28222C

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28222C	1.00	15.49	1.36	15.49
#FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21242C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22242C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.020 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615d65',
    500: '#28222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28222c;
$custom-light: #615d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26297,
    "c": 0.02023,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28222C

secondary

#535D4D

accent

#B6728D

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28222C

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

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