#280d8f

Color #280d8f

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#280d8f

RGB

rgb(40, 13, 143)

HSL

hsl(252.5, 83.3%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.5, 90.9%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(72%, 90.9%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(18.89, 48.41, -64.22)

LCH

lch(18.89, 80.42, 307.01)

OKLCH

oklch(32.3%, 0.1869, 277.35)

HWB

hwb(252.5, 5.1%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#748f0d

Analogous

#0d338f

#280d8f

#690d8f

Triadic

#280d8f

#8f280d

#0d8f28

Split-complementary

#280d8f

#8f690d

#338f0d

Tetradic

#280d8f

#8f0d74

#748f0d

#0d8f28

Square

#280d8f

#8f0d33

#748f0d

#0d8f69

Shades

Color #280d8f mixed toward black.

#210b77

#1b095f

#140748

#0d0430

#070218

Tints

Color #280d8f mixed toward white.

#3712c5

#5027eb

#7c5df0

#a793f5

#d3c9fa

Tones

Color #280d8f mixed toward gray.

#2e1884

#352379

#3b2e6f

#413864

#484359

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f7e · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#20227a · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#276f6b · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280d8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280d8f]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#280d8f (#280d8f) is rgb(40, 13, 143) in RGB.

No, #280d8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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