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#280b2d color: Dark Prom Queen

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291°
100%

OKLCH

21.6%
0.072
322°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 82%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.86:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.18:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280b2d

#280b2d is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.6% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 322°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.86:1 contrast and black text 1.18:1, 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: #280b2d mixed with white

  1. 280b2d
  2. 3b2040
  3. 4f3653
  4. 634c67
  5. 78647b
  6. 8d7c90
  7. a395a5
  8. b9aebb
  9. d0c9d1
  10. e7e3e8

Darker: #280b2d mixed with black

  1. 280b2d
  2. 210826
  3. 1b061f
  4. 150418
  5. 0f0211
  6. 09010b
  7. 040106
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280b2d with less saturation

  1. 280b2d
  2. 270d2b
  3. 250f29
  4. 241127
  5. 231225
  6. 211424
  7. 201522
  8. 1e1620
  9. 1d171e
  10. 1b181c