#28222E#28222E

#28222E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.024 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28222E
RGB	rgb(40, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 26.1%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.36, 5.80, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.36, 9.00, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(26.39% 0.0143 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(26.39% 0.024 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9402, 1.7924, 2.8280)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28222E #282E22

analogous

#22222E #28222E #2E222E

triadic

#28222E #2E2822 #222E28

tetradic

#28222E #2E2222 #282E22 #222E2E

square

#28222E #2E2222 #282E22 #222E2E

split-complementary

#28222E #2E2E22 #222E22

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #0F0D12 #28222E #473C51 #655674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#28222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#28222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28222E

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28222E	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20242F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21242E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.024 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625d66',
    500: '#28222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28222e;
$custom-light: #625d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26393,
    "c": 0.02356,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28222E

secondary

#565F4D

accent

#B87094

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28222E

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

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