#270d42

Color #270d42

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 23.01 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#270d42

RGB

rgb(39, 13, 66)

HSL

hsl(269.4, 67.1%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.4, 80.3%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(9.9, 25.58, -28.21)

LCH

lch(9.9, 38.08, 312.2)

OKLCH

oklch(23.5%, 0.0947, 301.88)

HWB

hwb(269.4, 5.1%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#28420d

Analogous

#0d0e42

#270d42

#420d42

Triadic

#270d42

#42270d

#0d4227

Split-complementary

#270d42

#42420d

#0e420d

Tetradic

#270d42

#420d28

#28420d

#0d4227

Square

#270d42

#420d0e

#28420d

#0d4242

Shades

Color #270d42 mixed toward black.

#200b37

#1a092c

#130721

#0d0416

#06020b

Tints

Color #270d42 mixed toward white.

#4a197e

#6e25ba

#924bdc

#b687e7

#dbc3f3

Tones

Color #270d42 mixed toward gray.

#27113e

#271639

#271a35

#271f30

#27232c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1e3a · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#202138 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#263331 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #270d42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#270d42]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#270d42 (#270d42) is rgb(39, 13, 66) in RGB.

No, #270d42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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