#280523

Color #280523

A vivid, highly saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 25.5 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#280523

RGB

rgb(40, 5, 35)

HSL

hsl(308.6, 77.8%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.6, 87.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 12.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(6.15, 21.99, -11.36)

LCH

lch(6.15, 24.75, 332.68)

OKLCH

oklch(19.9%, 0.0732, 334.17)

HWB

hwb(308.6, 2%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#05280a

Analogous

#1b0528

#280523

#280511

Triadic

#280523

#232805

#052328

Split-complementary

#280523

#112805

#05281b

Tetradic

#280523

#280a05

#05280a

#052328

Square

#280523

#281b05

#05280a

#051128

Shades

Color #280523 mixed toward black.

#21041d

#1b0317

#140211

#0d020c

#070106

Tints

Color #280523 mixed toward white.

#6d0e5f

#b2169b

#e530cb

#ee75dd

#f6baee

Tones

Color #280523 mixed toward gray.

#250821

#220b1f

#1f0e1d

#1c111b

#191419

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.14:1

White text reads better on this background (18.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1d1e · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#1f211d · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#271a19 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#141414 · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #280523;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280523]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#280523 (#280523) is rgb(40, 5, 35) in RGB.

No, #280523 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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