#2a0638

Color #2a0638

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 27.27 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2a0638

RGB

rgb(42, 6, 56)

HSL

hsl(283.2, 80.6%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.2, 89.3%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 89.3%, 0%, 78%)

LAB

lab(8.2, 27.3, -23.77)

LCH

lch(8.2, 36.2, 318.95)

OKLCH

oklch(22.1%, 0.094, 314.35)

HWB

hwb(283.2, 2.4%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#143806

Analogous

#110638

#2a0638

#38062d

Triadic

#2a0638

#382a06

#06382a

Split-complementary

#2a0638

#2d3806

#063811

Tetradic

#2a0638

#380614

#143806

#06382a

Square

#2a0638

#381106

#143806

#062d38

Shades

Color #2a0638 mixed toward black.

#23052f

#1c0425

#15031c

#0e0213

#070109

Tints

Color #2a0638 mixed toward white.

#5d0d7c

#8f15bf

#b735e9

#cf78f1

#e7bcf8

Tones

Color #2a0638 mixed toward gray.

#280a34

#260e30

#25132c

#231727

#211b23

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f31 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#21232f · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#292a28 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 22.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2a0638;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a0638]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#2a0638 (#2a0638) is rgb(42, 6, 56) in RGB.

No, #2a0638 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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