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#280c2e color: Dark Prom Queen

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289°
100%

OKLCH

21.8%
0.071
320°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 82%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.76:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.18:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280c2e

#280c2e is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.8% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 320°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.76:1 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: #280c2e mixed with white

  1. 280c2e
  2. 3b2141
  3. 4e3754
  4. 634d67
  5. 77647c
  6. 8d7c90
  7. a395a6
  8. b9afbb
  9. d0c9d2
  10. e7e4e8

Darker: #280c2e mixed with black

  1. 280c2e
  2. 210927
  3. 1b061f
  4. 150418
  5. 0f0312
  6. 09020b
  7. 040106
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280c2e with less saturation

  1. 280c2e
  2. 270e2c
  3. 25102a
  4. 241228
  5. 231326
  6. 211424
  7. 201622
  8. 1f1720
  9. 1d181e
  10. 1c191c