#281e6f

Color #281e6f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#281e6f

RGB

rgb(40, 30, 111)

HSL

hsl(247.4, 57.4%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.4, 73%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(64%, 73%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(18.04, 30.15, -45.29)

LCH

lch(18.04, 54.41, 303.65)

OKLCH

oklch(30.6%, 0.1328, 280.72)

HWB

hwb(247.4, 11.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#656f1e

Analogous

#1e3c6f

#281e6f

#501e6f

Triadic

#281e6f

#6f281e

#1e6f28

Split-complementary

#281e6f

#6f501e

#3c6f1e

Tetradic

#281e6f

#6f1e65

#656f1e

#1e6f28

Square

#281e6f

#6f1e3c

#656f1e

#1e6f50

Shades

Color #281e6f mixed toward black.

#21195c

#1b144a

#140f37

#0d0a25

#070512

Tints

Color #281e6f mixed toward white.

#392b9f

#4f3dcb

#7b6ed8

#a79ee5

#d3cff2

Tones

Color #281e6f mixed toward gray.

#2d2568

#322b61

#37325b

#3c3954

#41404d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242463 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#25255f · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#285754 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281e6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281e6f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281e6f (#281e6f) is rgb(40, 30, 111) in RGB.

No, #281e6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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