#281c67

Color #281c67

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 8.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#281c67

RGB

rgb(40, 28, 103)

HSL

hsl(249.6, 57.3%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.6, 72.8%, 40.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 59.6%)

LAB

lab(16.8, 28.65, -42.1)

LCH

lch(16.8, 50.92, 304.24)

OKLCH

oklch(29.5%, 0.1244, 282.96)

HWB

hwb(249.6, 11%, 59.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b671c

Analogous

#1c3667

#281c67

#4e1c67

Triadic

#281c67

#67281c

#1c6728

Split-complementary

#281c67

#674e1c

#36671c

Tetradic

#281c67

#671c5b

#5b671c

#1c6728

Square

#281c67

#671c36

#5b671c

#1c674e

Shades

Color #281c67 mixed toward black.

#211756

#1b1345

#140e34

#0d0922

#070511

Tints

Color #281c67 mixed toward white.

#3b2999

#4f38c9

#7b6ad7

#a79ce4

#d3cdf2

Tones

Color #281c67 mixed toward gray.

#2c2261

#31295b

#352f54

#39354e

#3d3b48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#23235b · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#242558 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#27514e · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281c67;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281c67]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281c67 (#281c67) is rgb(40, 28, 103) in RGB.

No, #281c67 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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