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#280b28 color: Dark Prom Queen

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300°
100%

OKLCH

21.2%
0.066
328°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 84%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.97:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.17:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280b28

#280b28 is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.2% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 328°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.97:1 contrast and black text 1.17:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Dark Prom Queen (#2b0f2e). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-900.

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Lighter: #280b28 mixed with white

  1. 280b28
  2. 3b203b
  3. 4f354e
  4. 634c62
  5. 786377
  6. 8d7b8c
  7. a394a2
  8. b9aeb9
  9. d0c8d0
  10. e7e3e7

Darker: #280b28 mixed with black

  1. 280b28
  2. 210821
  3. 1b061b
  4. 150415
  5. 0f020f
  6. 090109
  7. 040104
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280b28 with less saturation

  1. 280b28
  2. 270d27
  3. 250f25
  4. 241024
  5. 221222
  6. 211321
  7. 1f141f
  8. 1e161d
  9. 1c171c
  10. 1a181a