#280143

Color #280143

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 19.18 Nearest Tailwind class purple-950 #3c0366 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#280143

RGB

rgb(40, 1, 67)

HSL

hsl(275.5, 97.1%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.5, 98.5%, 26.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 98.5%, 0%, 73.7%)

LAB

lab(7.93, 32.52, -32.12)

LCH

lch(7.93, 45.71, 315.35)

OKLCH

oklch(22.2%, 0.1125, 305.41)

HWB

hwb(275.5, 0.4%, 73.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c4301

Analogous

#070143

#280143

#43013d

Triadic

#280143

#432801

#014328

Split-complementary

#280143

#3d4301

#014307

Tetradic

#280143

#43011c

#1c4301

#014328

Square

#280143

#430701

#1c4301

#013d43

Shades

Color #280143 mixed toward black.

#210138

#1b012d

#140021

#0d0016

#07000b

Tints

Color #280143 mixed toward white.

#53028b

#7f03d4

#a425fc

#c26efd

#e1b6fe

Tones

Color #280143 mixed toward gray.

#27063d

#260c38

#251132

#24172d

#231c27

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1d1d3a · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#1f2138 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#273230 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280143;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280143]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#280143 (#280143) is rgb(40, 1, 67) in RGB.

No, #280143 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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