#280038

Color #280038

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 25.08 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#280038

RGB

rgb(40, 0, 56)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 100%, 11%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 100%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 100%, 0%, 78%)

LAB

lab(6.65, 30.19, -26.29)

LCH

lch(6.65, 40.03, 318.95)

OKLCH

oklch(20.9%, 0.1036, 313.63)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 0%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#103800

Analogous

#0c0038

#280038

#38002c

Triadic

#280038

#382800

#003828

Split-complementary

#280038

#2c3800

#00380c

Tetradic

#280038

#380010

#103800

#003828

Square

#280038

#380c00

#103800

#002c38

Shades

Color #280038 mixed toward black.

#21002f

#1b0025

#14001c

#0d0013

#070009

Tints

Color #280038 mixed toward white.

#5e0084

#9400cf

#be1cff

#d468ff

#e9b3ff

Tones

Color #280038 mixed toward gray.

#260533

#24092f

#220e2a

#201325

#1e1721

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.15:1

White text reads better on this background (18.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1d1c30 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#1e212e · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#272928 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#151515 · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280038;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280038]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#280038 (#280038) is rgb(40, 0, 56) in RGB.

No, #280038 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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