#28232C#28232C

#28232C is a dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.018 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28232C
RGB	rgb(40, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.60, 4.54, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.60, 6.83, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(26.55% 0.0116 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(26.55% 0.018 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9306, 1.8350, 2.6349)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28232C #272C23

analogous

#23232C #28232C #2C232B

triadic

#28232C #2C2823 #232C28

tetradic

#28232C #2C2323 #272C23 #232B2C

square

#28232C #2C2323 #272C23 #232B2C

split-complementary

#28232C #2B2C23 #232C23

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #0F0E11 #28232C #473E4E #665970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#28232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#28232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28232C

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28232C	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22252C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23252C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.018 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615d65',
    500: '#28232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28232c;
$custom-light: #615d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 11.392,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2655,
    "c": 0.01795,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28232C

secondary

#555C4F

accent

#B47390

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28232C

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

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