#280d3b

Color #280d3b

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 27.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#280d3b

RGB

rgb(40, 13, 59)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 63.9%, 14.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 78%, 23.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 78%, 0%, 76.9%)

LAB

lab(9.44, 23.83, -23.96)

LCH

lch(9.44, 33.79, 314.84)

OKLCH

oklch(23%, 0.0859, 307.91)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 5.1%, 76.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#203b0d

Analogous

#110d3b

#280d3b

#3b0d37

Triadic

#280d3b

#3b280d

#0d3b28

Split-complementary

#280d3b

#373b0d

#0d3b11

Tetradic

#280d3b

#3b0d20

#203b0d

#0d3b28

Square

#280d3b

#3b110d

#203b0d

#0d373b

Shades

Color #280d3b mixed toward black.

#210b31

#1b0927

#14061d

#0d0414

#07020a

Tints

Color #280d3b mixed toward white.

#501a77

#7927b3

#9e4bd7

#be87e5

#dfc3f2

Tones

Color #280d3b mixed toward gray.

#271137

#271533

#26182f

#251c2c

#252028

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.21:1

White text reads better on this background (17.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f34 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#202232 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#272d2c · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#1a1a1a · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280d3b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280d3b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#280d3b (#280d3b) is rgb(40, 13, 59) in RGB.

No, #280d3b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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