#280c5e

Color #280c5e

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#280c5e

RGB

rgb(40, 12, 94)

HSL

hsl(260.5, 77.4%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.5, 87.2%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.4%, 87.2%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(12.75, 34.56, -42.79)

LCH

lch(12.75, 55, 308.93)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.1306, 289.54)

HWB

hwb(260.5, 4.7%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#425e0c

Analogous

#0c195e

#280c5e

#510c5e

Triadic

#280c5e

#5e280c

#0c5e28

Split-complementary

#280c5e

#5e510c

#195e0c

Tetradic

#280c5e

#5e0c42

#425e0c

#0c5e28

Square

#280c5e

#5e0c19

#425e0c

#0c5e51

Shades

Color #280c5e mixed toward black.

#210a4e

#1b083f

#14062f

#0d041f

#070210

Tints

Color #280c5e mixed toward white.

#41149a

#5b1bd6

#814ce8

#ab88f0

#d5c3f7

Tones

Color #280c5e mixed toward gray.

#2a1357

#2c1a50

#2f214a

#312743

#332e3c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.3:1

White text reads better on this background (16.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f53 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#202250 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#274846 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280c5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280c5e]

Related colors

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#280c5e (#280c5e) is rgb(40, 12, 94) in RGB.

No, #280c5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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