#280f42

Color #280f42

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 23.97 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#280f42

RGB

rgb(40, 15, 66)

HSL

hsl(269.4, 63%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.4, 77.3%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(10.45, 24.68, -27.3)

LCH

lch(10.45, 36.8, 312.11)

OKLCH

oklch(23.9%, 0.092, 302.34)

HWB

hwb(269.4, 5.9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#29420f

Analogous

#0f1042

#280f42

#420f42

Triadic

#280f42

#42280f

#0f4228

Split-complementary

#280f42

#42420f

#10420f

Tetradic

#280f42

#420f29

#29420f

#0f4228

Square

#280f42

#420f10

#29420f

#0f4242

Shades

Color #280f42 mixed toward black.

#210d37

#1b0a2c

#140821

#0d0516

#07030b

Tints

Color #280f42 mixed toward white.

#4b1c7c

#6f29b7

#9250d7

#b78ae5

#dbc5f2

Tones

Color #280f42 mixed toward gray.

#28133e

#28183a

#281c35

#282031

#28242d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.24:1

White text reads better on this background (16.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#201f3a · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#212238 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#273331 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280f42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280f42]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#280f42 (#280f42) is rgb(40, 15, 66) in RGB.

No, #280f42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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