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#280d2a color: Dark Prom Queen

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296°
100%

OKLCH

21.7%
0.065
325°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 84%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.78:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.18:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280d2a

#280d2a is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.7% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 325°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.78:1 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: #280d2a mixed with white

  1. 280d2a
  2. 3b223d
  3. 4f3750
  4. 634d64
  5. 786478
  6. 8d7c8e
  7. a395a3
  8. b9afba
  9. d0c9d0
  10. e7e4e7

Darker: #280d2a mixed with black

  1. 280d2a
  2. 210a23
  3. 1b071c
  4. 150516
  5. 0f0310
  6. 09020a
  7. 040105
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280d2a with less saturation

  1. 280d2a
  2. 270f28
  3. 251027
  4. 241225
  5. 231324
  6. 211422
  7. 201620
  8. 1e171f
  9. 1d181d
  10. 1b191b