#251a31

Color #251a31

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 20.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#251a31

RGB

rgb(37, 26, 49)

HSL

hsl(268.7, 30.7%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(268.7, 46.9%, 19.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 46.9%, 0%, 80.8%)

LAB

lab(11.65, 11.25, -13.26)

LCH

lch(11.65, 17.39, 310.31)

OKLCH

oklch(24.3%, 0.0451, 305.24)

HWB

hwb(268.7, 10.2%, 80.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#26311a

Analogous

#1a1a31

#251a31

#301a31

Triadic

#251a31

#31251a

#1a3125

Split-complementary

#251a31

#31301a

#1a311a

Tetradic

#251a31

#311a26

#26311a

#1a3125

Square

#251a31

#311a1a

#26311a

#1a3130

Shades

Color #251a31 mixed toward black.

#1f1629

#191121

#120d18

#0c0910

#060408

Tints

Color #251a31 mixed toward white.

#493360

#6d4c90

#9171b4

#b6a0cd

#dad0e6

Tones

Color #251a31 mixed toward gray.

#251c2f

#251e2d

#25202b

#252229

#252427

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.27:1

White text reads better on this background (16.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#21212d · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#21222b · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#252928 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#1f1f1f · ΔE 14.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #251a31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#251a31]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#251a31 (#251a31) is rgb(37, 26, 49) in RGB.

No, #251a31 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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