#2f1b37

Color #2f1b37

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 25.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2f1b37

RGB

rgb(47, 27, 55)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 34.1%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 50.9%, 21.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 78.4%)

LAB

lab(13.62, 15.99, -14.39)

LCH

lch(13.62, 21.51, 318.01)

OKLCH

oklch(26.2%, 0.0571, 315.78)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 10.6%, 78.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#23371b

Analogous

#211b37

#2f1b37

#371b31

Triadic

#2f1b37

#372f1b

#1b372f

Split-complementary

#2f1b37

#31371b

#1b3721

Tetradic

#2f1b37

#371b23

#23371b

#1b372f

Square

#2f1b37

#37211b

#23371b

#1b3137

Shades

Color #2f1b37 mixed toward black.

#27172e

#1f1225

#180e1c

#100912

#080509

Tints

Color #2f1b37 mixed toward white.

#583367

#814a97

#a470b9

#c29fd0

#e1cfe8

Tones

Color #2f1b37 mixed toward gray.

#2e1d35

#2d2032

#2c2230

#2b242e

#2a272b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.33:1

White text reads better on this background (15.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282732 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#292a30 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#2e2d2c · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#232323 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f1b37;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f1b37]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#2f1b37 (#2f1b37) is rgb(47, 27, 55) in RGB.

No, #2f1b37 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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