#2b003e

Color #2b003e

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 22.31 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2b003e

RGB

rgb(43, 0, 62)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 100%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 100%, 24.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 100%, 0%, 75.7%)

LAB

lab(7.78, 32.37, -28.78)

LCH

lch(7.78, 43.31, 318.36)

OKLCH

oklch(22%, 0.1101, 312.09)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 0%, 75.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#133e00

Analogous

#0c003e

#2b003e

#3e0032

Triadic

#2b003e

#3e2b00

#003e2b

Split-complementary

#2b003e

#323e00

#003e0c

Tetradic

#2b003e

#3e0013

#133e00

#003e2b

Square

#2b003e

#3e0c00

#133e00

#00323e

Shades

Color #2b003e mixed toward black.

#240034

#1d0029

#16001f

#0e0015

#07000a

Tints

Color #2b003e mixed toward white.

#5f0089

#9300d3

#ba1fff

#d16aff

#e8b4ff

Tones

Color #2b003e mixed toward gray.

#290539

#270a34

#25102f

#231529

#211a24

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f36 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#212334 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#2a2e2c · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #2b003e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b003e]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#2b003e (#2b003e) is rgb(43, 0, 62) in RGB.

No, #2b003e 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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