#281e66

Color #281e66

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 9.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#281e66

RGB

rgb(40, 30, 102)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 54.5%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 70.6%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(17.17, 27.03, -40.84)

LCH

lch(17.17, 48.97, 303.5)

OKLCH

oklch(29.8%, 0.1204, 282.57)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 11.8%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c661e

Analogous

#1e3866

#281e66

#4c1e66

Triadic

#281e66

#66281e

#1e6628

Split-complementary

#281e66

#664c1e

#38661e

Tetradic

#281e66

#661e5c

#5c661e

#1e6628

Square

#281e66

#661e38

#5c661e

#1e664c

Shades

Color #281e66 mixed toward black.

#211955

#1b1444

#140f33

#0d0a22

#070511

Tints

Color #281e66 mixed toward white.

#3b2c97

#4f3cc6

#7b6dd4

#a79ee2

#d3cef1

Tones

Color #281e66 mixed toward gray.

#2c2460

#312a5a

#353054

#39364e

#3e3c48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#24245b · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#252558 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#28504e · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281e66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281e66]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281e66 (#281e66) is rgb(40, 30, 102) in RGB.

No, #281e66 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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