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#280e2b color: Dark Prom Queen

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294°
100%

OKLCH

21.9%
0.064
323°
  • ≈ Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-900
  • Black 83%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.68:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.19:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #280e2b

#280e2b is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 21.9% lightness, 0.064 chroma and a hue of 323°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.68:1 contrast and black text 1.19:1, 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: #280e2b mixed with white

  1. 280e2b
  2. 3b233e
  3. 4e3851
  4. 634e65
  5. 776579
  6. 8d7d8e
  7. a396a4
  8. b9afba
  9. d0c9d1
  10. e7e4e8

Darker: #280e2b mixed with black

  1. 280e2b
  2. 210b24
  3. 1b071d
  4. 150516
  5. 0f0310
  6. 09020a
  7. 040105
  8. 020002
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #280e2b with less saturation

  1. 280e2b
  2. 271029
  3. 261128
  4. 241326
  5. 231425
  6. 221523
  7. 201621
  8. 1f1720
  9. 1d181e
  10. 1c191c