#281f23

Color #281f23

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark pink.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#281f23

RGB

rgb(40, 31, 35)

HSL

hsl(333.3, 12.7%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(333.3, 22.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 12.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(12.94, 5.21, -1.07)

LCH

lch(12.94, 5.32, 348.39)

OKLCH

oklch(25.2%, 0.0156, 349.63)

HWB

hwb(333.3, 12.2%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f2824

Analogous

#281f27

#281f23

#281f1f

Triadic

#281f23

#23281f

#1f2328

Split-complementary

#281f23

#1f281f

#1f2728

Tetradic

#281f23

#28241f

#1f2824

#1f2328

Square

#281f23

#27281f

#1f2824

#1f1f28

Shades

Color #281f23 mixed toward black.

#211a1d

#1b1517

#140f11

#0d0a0c

#070506

Tints

Color #281f23 mixed toward white.

#513f47

#7a5f6b

#9f8390

#bfadb5

#dfd6da

Tones

Color #281f23 mixed toward gray.

#272023

#262023

#262123

#252223

#242323

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.31:1

White text reads better on this background (16.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242422 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#252622 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#282121 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281f23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281f23]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#281f23 (#281f23) is rgb(40, 31, 35) in RGB.

No, #281f23 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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