#280f4f

Color #280f4f

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 16.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#280f4f

RGB

rgb(40, 15, 79)

HSL

hsl(263.4, 68.1%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.4, 81%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 81%, 0%, 69%)

LAB

lab(11.67, 28.57, -34.38)

LCH

lch(11.67, 44.7, 309.73)

OKLCH

oklch(25.1%, 0.1088, 295.18)

HWB

hwb(263.4, 5.9%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#364f0f

Analogous

#0f164f

#280f4f

#480f4f

Triadic

#280f4f

#4f280f

#0f4f28

Split-complementary

#280f4f

#4f480f

#164f0f

Tetradic

#280f4f

#4f0f36

#364f0f

#0f4f28

Square

#280f4f

#4f0f16

#364f0f

#0f4f48

Shades

Color #280f4f mixed toward black.

#210c42

#1b0a35

#140727

#0d051a

#07020d

Tints

Color #280f4f mixed toward white.

#451a89

#6325c3

#8750de

#af8ae9

#d7c5f4

Tones

Color #280f4f mixed toward gray.

#29144a

#2a1a44

#2b1f3f

#2d243a

#2e2a34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.27:1

White text reads better on this background (16.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#201f46 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#212243 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#273d3b · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#1f1f1f · ΔE 23.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #280f4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280f4f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#280f4f (#280f4f) is rgb(40, 15, 79) in RGB.

No, #280f4f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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