#280a45

Color #280a45

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 20.31 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#280a45

RGB

rgb(40, 10, 69)

HSL

hsl(270.5, 74.7%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.5, 85.5%, 27.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 85.5%, 0%, 72.9%)

LAB

lab(9.78, 28.22, -30.51)

LCH

lch(9.78, 41.56, 312.77)

OKLCH

oklch(23.5%, 0.1026, 301.94)

HWB

hwb(270.5, 3.9%, 72.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27450a

Analogous

#0a0a45

#280a45

#450a45

Triadic

#280a45

#45280a

#0a4528

Split-complementary

#280a45

#45450a

#0a450a

Tetradic

#280a45

#450a27

#27450a

#0a4528

Square

#280a45

#450a0a

#27450a

#0a4545

Shades

Color #280a45 mixed toward black.

#21083a

#1b072e

#140523

#0d0317

#07020c

Tints

Color #280a45 mixed toward white.

#4c1384

#711cc3

#9543e4

#b882ed

#dcc0f6

Tones

Color #280a45 mixed toward gray.

#280f40

#28143b

#281936

#281e31

#28232c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1e3c · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#20223a · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#273533 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280a45;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280a45]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#280a45 (#280a45) is rgb(40, 10, 69) in RGB.

No, #280a45 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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