#28232E#28232E

#28232E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.021 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28232E
RGB	rgb(40, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(267, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(267, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 23.9%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.68, 5.08, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.68, 8.17, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(26.64% 0.0124 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(26.64% 0.021 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9692, 1.8504, 2.8377)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28232E #292E23

analogous

#23232E #28232E #2D232E

triadic

#28232E #2E2823 #232E28

tetradic

#28232E #2E2323 #292E23 #232E2D

square

#28232E #2E2323 #292E23 #232E2D

split-complementary

#28232E #2E2D23 #232E23

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #0F0D11 #28232E #463D51 #645874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.33

#28232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#28232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28232E

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28232E	1.00	15.33	1.37	15.33
#FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21252E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22252E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.021 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625d66',
    500: '#28232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28232e;
$custom-light: #625d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26644,
    "c": 0.02133,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28232E

secondary

#575F4E

accent

#B67197

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28232E

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

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