#281333

Color #281333

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 26.63 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#281333

RGB

rgb(40, 19, 51)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 45.7%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 62.7%, 20%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 80%)

LAB

lab(10.23, 17.85, -16.91)

LCH

lch(10.23, 24.59, 316.55)

OKLCH

oklch(23.4%, 0.0643, 312.79)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 7.5%, 80%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1e3313

Analogous

#181333

#281333

#33132e

Triadic

#281333

#332813

#133328

Split-complementary

#281333

#2e3313

#133318

Tetradic

#281333

#33131e

#1e3313

#133328

Square

#281333

#331813

#1e3313

#132e33

Shades

Color #281333 mixed toward black.

#21102a

#1b0d22

#140919

#0d0611

#070308

Tints

Color #281333 mixed toward white.

#522768

#7c3b9e

#a15fc3

#c094d7

#e0caeb

Tones

Color #281333 mixed toward gray.

#271630

#26182e

#251b2b

#251e28

#242026

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.23:1

White text reads better on this background (17.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#21202d · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#22232c · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#272827 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281333;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281333]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#281333 (#281333) is rgb(40, 19, 51) in RGB.

No, #281333 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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