#280fae

Color #280fae

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 12.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#280fae

RGB

rgb(40, 15, 174)

HSL

hsl(249.4, 84.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.4, 91.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(77%, 91.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(23.16, 56.39, -76.1)

LCH

lch(23.16, 94.72, 306.54)

OKLCH

oklch(36.3%, 0.2203, 273.31)

HWB

hwb(249.4, 5.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95ae0f

Analogous

#0f46ae

#280fae

#780fae

Triadic

#280fae

#ae280f

#0fae28

Split-complementary

#280fae

#ae780f

#46ae0f

Tetradic

#280fae

#ae0f95

#95ae0f

#0fae28

Square

#280fae

#ae0f46

#95ae0f

#0fae78

Shades

Color #280fae mixed toward black.

#210d91

#1b0a74

#140857

#0d053a

#07031d

Tints

Color #280fae mixed toward white.

#3313df

#563aee

#806bf2

#ab9df6

#d5cefb

Tones

Color #280fae mixed toward gray.

#311ca1

#3a2a94

#433786

#4c4479

#55516c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.77:1

White text reads better on this background (11.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#201f9a · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#212294 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#278782 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 30.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280fae]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#280fae (#280fae) is rgb(40, 15, 174) in RGB.

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

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