#280ff5

Color #280ff5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 7.66 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#280ff5

RGB

rgb(40, 15, 245)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 92%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 93.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.7%, 93.9%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(32.66, 74.81, -101.59)

LCH

lch(32.66, 126.16, 306.37)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.2936, 268.77)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 5.9%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcf50f

Analogous

#0f69f5

#280ff5

#9b0ff5

Triadic

#280ff5

#f5280f

#0ff528

Split-complementary

#280ff5

#f59b0f

#69f50f

Tetradic

#280ff5

#f50fdc

#dcf50f

#0ff528

Square

#280ff5

#f50f69

#dcf50f

#0ff59b

Shades

Color #280ff5 mixed toward black.

#1e09d0

#1807a6

#12057d

#0c0353

#06022a

Tints

Color #280ff5 mixed toward white.

#4c37f7

#705ff8

#9487fa

#b7affc

#dbd7fd

Tones

Color #280ff5 mixed toward gray.

#3722e2

#4635cf

#5549bc

#645ca8

#736f95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.48:1

White text reads better on this background (8.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#201fd9 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#2122d1 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#27bfb8 · ΔE 55.6

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 32.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280ff5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280ff5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#280ff5 (#280ff5) is rgb(40, 15, 245) in RGB.

No, #280ff5 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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