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#280c2b color: Dark Prom Queen

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294°
100%

OKLCH

21.6%
0.068
324°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 83%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.83:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.18:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280c2b

#280c2b is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.6% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 324°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.83:1 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: #280c2b mixed with white

  1. 280c2b
  2. 3b213e
  3. 4f3651
  4. 634d65
  5. 786479
  6. 8d7c8e
  7. a395a4
  8. b9aeba
  9. d0c9d1
  10. e7e4e8

Darker: #280c2b mixed with black

  1. 280c2b
  2. 210924
  3. 1b061d
  4. 150416
  5. 0f0310
  6. 09020a
  7. 040105
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280c2b with less saturation

  1. 280c2b
  2. 270e29
  3. 251028
  4. 241126
  5. 231324
  6. 211423
  7. 201521
  8. 1e161f
  9. 1d181d
  10. 1b191b