#281525

Color #281525

A muted very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#281525

RGB

rgb(40, 21, 37)

HSL

hsl(309.5, 31.1%, 12%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.5, 47.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 7.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(9.96, 12.87, -7.01)

LCH

lch(9.96, 14.66, 331.42)

OKLCH

oklch(22.9%, 0.0413, 332.75)

HWB

hwb(309.5, 8.2%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#152818

Analogous

#221528

#281525

#28151c

Triadic

#281525

#252815

#152528

Split-complementary

#281525

#1c2815

#152822

Tetradic

#281525

#281815

#152818

#152528

Square

#281525

#282215

#152818

#151c28

Shades

Color #281525 mixed toward black.

#21121f

#1b0e19

#140b13

#0d070c

#070406

Tints

Color #281525 mixed toward white.

#592f52

#8a4980

#b26ca7

#cb9dc4

#e5cee2

Tones

Color #281525 mixed toward gray.

#271724

#251823

#231a22

#221b21

#201d20

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#212122 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#222321 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#271f1e · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281525;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281525]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#281525 (#281525) is rgb(40, 21, 37) in RGB.

No, #281525 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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