#280f53

Color #280f53

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#280f53

RGB

rgb(40, 15, 83)

HSL

hsl(262.1, 69.4%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.1, 81.9%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(12.07, 29.79, -36.46)

LCH

lch(12.07, 47.08, 309.25)

OKLCH

oklch(25.5%, 0.1139, 293.32)

HWB

hwb(262.1, 5.9%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a530f

Analogous

#0f1853

#280f53

#4a0f53

Triadic

#280f53

#53280f

#0f5328

Split-complementary

#280f53

#534a0f

#18530f

Tetradic

#280f53

#530f3a

#3a530f

#0f5328

Square

#280f53

#530f18

#3a530f

#0f534a

Shades

Color #280f53 mixed toward black.

#210c45

#1b0a37

#140729

#0d051c

#07020e

Tints

Color #280f53 mixed toward white.

#44198d

#6024c7

#8550df

#ae8bea

#d6c5f4

Tones

Color #280f53 mixed toward gray.

#2a154d

#2b1a48

#2c2042

#2e263c

#2f2b37

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.28:1

White text reads better on this background (16.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#201f49 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#212246 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#27403e · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280f53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280f53]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#280f53 (#280f53) is rgb(40, 15, 83) in RGB.

No, #280f53 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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