#281af0

Color #281af0

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#281af0

RGB

rgb(40, 26, 240)

HSL

hsl(243.9, 87.7%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.9, 89.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.3%, 89.2%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(32.87, 70.87, -98.41)

LCH

lch(32.87, 121.27, 305.76)

OKLCH

oklch(45.3%, 0.2847, 268.87)

HWB

hwb(243.9, 10.2%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2f01a

Analogous

#1a77f0

#281af0

#931af0

Triadic

#281af0

#f0281a

#1af028

Split-complementary

#281af0

#f0931a

#77f01a

Tetradic

#281af0

#f01ae2

#e2f01a

#1af028

Square

#281af0

#f01a77

#e2f01a

#1af093

Shades

Color #281af0 mixed toward black.

#1a0ed0

#150ba7

#10087d

#0b0553

#05032a

Tints

Color #281af0 mixed toward white.

#4c40f3

#7066f5

#948df8

#b7b3fa

#dbd9fd

Tones

Color #281af0 mixed toward gray.

#382cde

#473ecc

#5750bb

#6661a9

#767397

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2323d5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#2324cd · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#27bbb5 · ΔE 54.2

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 32.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #281af0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281af0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#281af0 (#281af0) is rgb(40, 26, 240) in RGB.

No, #281af0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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