#281a7b

Color #281a7b

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#281a7b

RGB

rgb(40, 26, 123)

HSL

hsl(248.7, 65.1%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.7, 78.9%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(18.45, 36.56, -52.34)

LCH

lch(18.45, 63.84, 304.93)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.1531, 279.36)

HWB

hwb(248.7, 10.2%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d7b1a

Analogous

#1a3c7b

#281a7b

#591a7b

Triadic

#281a7b

#7b281a

#1a7b28

Split-complementary

#281a7b

#7b591a

#3c7b1a

Tetradic

#281a7b

#7b1a6d

#6d7b1a

#1a7b28

Square

#281a7b

#7b1a3c

#6d7b1a

#1a7b59

Shades

Color #281a7b mixed toward black.

#211666

#1b1152

#140d3d

#0d0929

#070414

Tints

Color #281a7b mixed toward white.

#3824ad

#4f38d5

#7b6adf

#a79cea

#d3cdf4

Tones

Color #281a7b mixed toward gray.

#2e2273

#342a6b

#393263

#3f3a5b

#454253

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.52:1

White text reads better on this background (13.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#23236d · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#232469 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#27605d · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281a7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281a7b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281a7b (#281a7b) is rgb(40, 26, 123) in RGB.

No, #281a7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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