Damson color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around damson. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Very dark purple, close to black. Named for the plum, and it behaves like espresso does among browns: a colour that can carry a whole dark scheme.

#1E1513

#3B1E0D

#542B03

#5C4226

#9E8F00

#7B8748

#789C68

#2C834F

#C39E55

#A08400

#6F6F00

#47571C

#2C1223

#34262C

#4C3038

#5F4041

#404C63

#2B3B69

#283042

#1D232E

#536761

#3A4844

#242B2A

#0E1211

#002115

#162E27

#243E39

#11534C

#151613

#4F544D

#43433F

#5A575B

#AF9B7F

#857853

#5A5737

#323725

#0B0E0E

#202828

#394445

#5D6061

#00333E

#384B5C

#1A223A

#231F3B

#141921

#1D2843

#343B4D

#494C62

#4D5100

#4387B0

#A96388

#5F7428

#5F6362

#3A423F

#1D2221

#050606

#1A202F

#23232D

#160D25

#25122A

#33445D

#383A80

#12091F

#432342

#D9644D

#B46D30

#8C6A00

#818505

#184256

#0C3043

#0E2029

#041118

#8E5B58

#A36C4E

#976511

#5B512F

#857A00

#474D03

#6C6000

#4156AA

#596B71

#484C4E

#2F3031

#14181A

#444531

#1C1F06

#52450F

#474973

#3A1B0D

#3F3129

#603C18

#685236

#15131B

#2F1738

#42263F

#632B48

Damson hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#3A2244

HEX: #3A2244
RGB: rgb(58, 34, 68)
HSL: hsl(282, 33%, 20%)
OKLCH: oklch(29.9% 0.067 315.4)
On white: 14.07:1
On black: 1.49:1

Shades of damson

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Damson on white measures 14.07:1 and on black 1.49:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.42:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:charcoal, gunmetal. See every shade on the colors index.

Damson color: hex codes, shades and palettes

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Damson hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

Shades of damson

Contrast and readability