#281f27

Color #281f27

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#281f27

RGB

rgb(40, 31, 39)

HSL

hsl(306.7, 12.7%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.7, 22.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 2.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(13.09, 6.15, -3.75)

LCH

lch(13.09, 7.2, 328.63)

OKLCH

oklch(25.3%, 0.0199, 329.83)

HWB

hwb(306.7, 12.2%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f2820

Analogous

#241f28

#281f27

#281f22

Triadic

#281f27

#27281f

#1f2728

Split-complementary

#281f27

#22281f

#1f2824

Tetradic

#281f27

#28201f

#1f2820

#1f2728

Square

#281f27

#28241f

#1f2820

#1f2228

Shades

Color #281f27 mixed toward black.

#211a20

#1b151a

#140f13

#0d0a0d

#070506

Tints

Color #281f27 mixed toward white.

#513f4f

#7a5f77

#9f839c

#bfadbd

#dfd6de

Tones

Color #281f27 mixed toward gray.

#272026

#262026

#262125

#252225

#242324

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242425 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#252625 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#282423 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281f27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281f27]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#281f27 (#281f27) is rgb(40, 31, 39) in RGB.

No, #281f27 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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