#280b2a

Color #280b2a

A moderately saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 26.16 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#280b2a

RGB

rgb(40, 11, 42)

HSL

hsl(296.1, 58.5%, 10.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(296.1, 73.8%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(7.75, 20.57, -14.19)

LCH

lch(7.75, 24.99, 325.4)

OKLCH

oklch(21.3%, 0.0686, 325.04)

HWB

hwb(296.1, 4.3%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0d2a0b

Analogous

#190b2a

#280b2a

#2a0b1d

Triadic

#280b2a

#2a280b

#0b2a28

Split-complementary

#280b2a

#1d2a0b

#0b2a19

Tetradic

#280b2a

#2a0b0d

#0d2a0b

#0b2a28

Square

#280b2a

#2a190b

#0d2a0b

#0b1d2a

Shades

Color #280b2a mixed toward black.

#210923

#1b071c

#140615

#0d040e

#070207

Tints

Color #280b2a mixed toward white.

#611b66

#9b2ba3

#c74ad0

#da86df

#ecc3ef

Tones

Color #280b2a mixed toward gray.

#260e27

#241025

#211322

#1f1520

#1d181d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1e25 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#202223 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#27201f · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280b2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280b2a]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#280b2a (#280b2a) is rgb(40, 11, 42) in RGB.

No, #280b2a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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