#28232B#28232B

#28232B is a dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.016 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28232B
RGB	rgb(40, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(278, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 18.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.56, 4.28, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.56, 6.17, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(26.5% 0.0111 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(26.5% 0.016 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9121, 1.8276, 2.5371)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28232B #262B23

analogous

#24232B #28232B #2B232A

triadic

#28232B #2B2823 #232B28

tetradic

#28232B #2B2423 #262B23 #232A2B

square

#28232B #2B2423 #262B23 #232A2B

split-complementary

#28232B #2A2B23 #232B24

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #28232B #473E4D #675A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.38

#28232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#28232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28232B

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28232B	1.00	15.38	1.37	15.38
#FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22242B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23252B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.016 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615d64',
    500: '#28232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28232b;
$custom-light: #615d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26504,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28232B

secondary

#535B4F

accent

#B3758C

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #28232B

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

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