#280e37

Color #280e37

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 30.19 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#280e37

RGB

rgb(40, 14, 55)

HSL

hsl(278, 59.4%, 13.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 74.5%, 21.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 78.4%)

LAB

lab(9.33, 22.13, -21.25)

LCH

lch(9.33, 30.68, 316.16)

OKLCH

oklch(22.8%, 0.0792, 310.85)

HWB

hwb(278, 5.5%, 78.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1d370e

Analogous

#130e37

#280e37

#370e31

Triadic

#280e37

#37280e

#0e3728

Split-complementary

#280e37

#31370e

#0e3713

Tetradic

#280e37

#370e1d

#1d370e

#0e3728

Square

#280e37

#37130e

#1d370e

#0e3137

Shades

Color #280e37 mixed toward black.

#210c2e

#1b0925

#14071b

#0d0512

#070209

Tints

Color #280e37 mixed toward white.

#521d71

#7d2cac

#a24fd2

#c18ae1

#e0c4f0

Tones

Color #280e37 mixed toward gray.

#271133

#261530

#25182d

#241c29

#231f26

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.21:1

White text reads better on this background (17.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f30 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#21222f · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#272a29 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#1a1a1a · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280e37;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280e37]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#280e37 (#280e37) is rgb(40, 14, 55) in RGB.

No, #280e37 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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