#2800ca

Color #2800ca

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 3.49 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#2800ca

RGB

rgb(40, 0, 202)

HSL

hsl(251.9, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.9, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.2%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(25.9, 66.91, -88.15)

LCH

lch(25.9, 110.67, 307.2)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.2545, 271.19)

HWB

hwb(251.9, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2ca00

Analogous

#003dca

#2800ca

#8d00ca

Triadic

#2800ca

#ca2800

#00ca28

Split-complementary

#2800ca

#ca8d00

#3dca00

Tetradic

#2800ca

#ca00a2

#a2ca00

#00ca28

Square

#2800ca

#ca003d

#a2ca00

#00ca8d

Shades

Color #2800ca mixed toward black.

#2100a8

#1b0087

#140065

#0d0043

#070022

Tints

Color #2800ca mixed toward white.

#3200fd

#5a32ff

#8465ff

#ad98ff

#d6ccff

Tones

Color #2800ca mixed toward gray.

#3211b9

#3c22a8

#473297

#514387

#5b5476

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1d1cb2 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#1e21ac · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#279d97 · ΔE 49.1

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 31.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2800ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2800ca]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#2800ca (#2800ca) is rgb(40, 0, 202) in RGB.

No, #2800ca 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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