#280d2a

Color #280d2a

A moderately saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#280d2a

RGB

rgb(40, 13, 42)

HSL

hsl(295.9, 52.7%, 10.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(295.9, 69%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 69%, 0%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(8.18, 19.39, -13.5)

LCH

lch(8.18, 23.63, 325.15)

OKLCH

oklch(21.7%, 0.0647, 324.81)

HWB

hwb(295.9, 5.1%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0f2a0d

Analogous

#1a0d2a

#280d2a

#2a0d1e

Triadic

#280d2a

#2a280d

#0d2a28

Split-complementary

#280d2a

#1e2a0d

#0d2a1a

Tetradic

#280d2a

#2a0d0f

#0f2a0d

#0d2a28

Square

#280d2a

#2a1a0d

#0f2a0d

#0d1e2a

Shades

Color #280d2a mixed toward black.

#210b23

#1b091c

#140715

#0d040e

#070207

Tints

Color #280d2a mixed toward white.

#5f1f64

#96319e

#c151c9

#d68bdb

#eac5ed

Tones

Color #280d2a mixed toward gray.

#260f28

#241225

#221423

#201720

#1e191e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f25 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#202224 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#27211f · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280d2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280d2a]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#280d2a (#280d2a) is rgb(40, 13, 42) in RGB.

No, #280d2a 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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