#2a0a40

Color #2a0a40

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 23.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2a0a40

RGB

rgb(42, 10, 64)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 73%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 84.4%, 25.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 74.9%)

LAB

lab(9.64, 27.27, -27.19)

LCH

lch(9.64, 38.51, 315.08)

OKLCH

oklch(23.3%, 0.0971, 307.34)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 3.9%, 74.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#20400a

Analogous

#0f0a40

#2a0a40

#400a3b

Triadic

#2a0a40

#402a0a

#0a402a

Split-complementary

#2a0a40

#3b400a

#0a400f

Tetradic

#2a0a40

#400a20

#20400a

#0a402a

Square

#2a0a40

#400f0a

#20400a

#0a3b40

Shades

Color #2a0a40 mixed toward black.

#230835

#1c072b

#150520

#0e0315

#07020b

Tints

Color #2a0a40 mixed toward white.

#53147f

#7d1ebe

#a142e2

#c081eb

#e0c0f5

Tones

Color #2a0a40 mixed toward gray.

#290e3b

#281337

#271732

#271c2e

#262029

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#202038 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#222336 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#29312f · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a0a40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a0a40]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#2a0a40 (#2a0a40) is rgb(42, 10, 64) in RGB.

No, #2a0a40 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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