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#280b2b color: Dark Prom Queen

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294°
100%

OKLCH

21.4%
0.070
324°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 83%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.90:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.17:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280b2b

#280b2b is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.4% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 324°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.9:1 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: #280b2b mixed with white

  1. 280b2b
  2. 3b203e
  3. 4f3651
  4. 634c65
  5. 786379
  6. 8d7c8e
  7. a394a4
  8. b9aeba
  9. d0c8d1
  10. e7e3e8

Darker: #280b2b mixed with black

  1. 280b2b
  2. 210824
  3. 1b061d
  4. 150416
  5. 0f0210
  6. 09010a
  7. 040105
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280b2b with less saturation

  1. 280b2b
  2. 270d29
  3. 250f28
  4. 241126
  5. 231224
  6. 211422
  7. 201521
  8. 1e161f
  9. 1d171d
  10. 1b181b