#281642

Color #281642

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 26.22 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#281642

RGB

rgb(40, 22, 66)

HSL

hsl(264.5, 50%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.5, 66.7%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(12.08, 20.27, -24.68)

LCH

lch(12.08, 31.94, 309.4)

OKLCH

oklch(25.1%, 0.0804, 299.44)

HWB

hwb(264.5, 8.6%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#304216

Analogous

#161a42

#281642

#3e1642

Triadic

#281642

#422816

#164228

Split-complementary

#281642

#423e16

#1a4216

Tetradic

#281642

#421630

#304216

#164228

Square

#281642

#42161a

#304216

#16423e

Shades

Color #281642 mixed toward black.

#211237

#1b0f2c

#140b21

#0d0716

#07040b

Tints

Color #281642 mixed toward white.

#482877

#6839ac

#8c61ca

#b296dc

#d9caed

Tones

Color #281642 mixed toward gray.

#291a3e

#291d3b

#2a2137

#2b2533

#2b2830

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.28:1

White text reads better on this background (16.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#21213b · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#222439 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#273432 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281642;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281642]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#281642 (#281642) is rgb(40, 22, 66) in RGB.

No, #281642 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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