#281e29

Color #281e29

A muted very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#281e29

RGB

rgb(40, 30, 41)

HSL

hsl(294.5, 15.5%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(294.5, 26.8%, 16.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 83.9%)

LAB

lab(12.86, 7.37, -5.55)

LCH

lch(12.86, 9.23, 323.02)

OKLCH

oklch(25.2%, 0.0251, 323.27)

HWB

hwb(294.5, 11.8%, 83.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f291e

Analogous

#221e29

#281e29

#291e24

Triadic

#281e29

#29281e

#1e2928

Split-complementary

#281e29

#24291e

#1e2922

Tetradic

#281e29

#291e1f

#1f291e

#1e2928

Square

#281e29

#29221e

#1f291e

#1e2429

Shades

Color #281e29 mixed toward black.

#211922

#1b141b

#140f14

#0d0a0e

#070507

Tints

Color #281e29 mixed toward white.

#513d53

#7a5c7d

#9f80a2

#bfaac1

#dfd5e0

Tones

Color #281e29 mixed toward gray.

#271f28

#262027

#262126

#252225

#242324

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.31:1

White text reads better on this background (16.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242427 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#252526 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#282524 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281e29;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281e29]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#281e29 (#281e29) is rgb(40, 30, 41) in RGB.

No, #281e29 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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