#280525

Color #280525

A vivid, highly saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 26.58 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#280525

RGB

rgb(40, 5, 37)

HSL

hsl(305.1, 77.8%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.1, 87.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 7.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(6.26, 22.48, -12.73)

LCH

lch(6.26, 25.83, 330.48)

OKLCH

oklch(20.1%, 0.0751, 331.63)

HWB

hwb(305.1, 2%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#052808

Analogous

#190528

#280525

#280513

Triadic

#280525

#252805

#052528

Split-complementary

#280525

#132805

#052819

Tetradic

#280525

#280805

#052808

#052528

Square

#280525

#281905

#052808

#051328

Shades

Color #280525 mixed toward black.

#21041f

#1b0319

#140212

#0d020c

#070106

Tints

Color #280525 mixed toward white.

#6d0e65

#b216a5

#e530d6

#ee75e4

#f6baf1

Tones

Color #280525 mixed toward gray.

#250823

#220b20

#1f0e1e

#1c111b

#191419

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.14:1

White text reads better on this background (18.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1d20 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#1f211f · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#271b1a · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#141414 · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280525;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280525]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#280525 (#280525) is rgb(40, 5, 37) in RGB.

No, #280525 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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