#281aff

Color #281aff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#281aff

RGB

rgb(40, 26, 255)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 100%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 89.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 89.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(34.82, 74.78, -103.62)

LCH

lch(34.82, 127.79, 305.82)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.2997, 268.32)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 10.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1ff1a

Analogous

#1a7eff

#281aff

#9b1aff

Triadic

#281aff

#ff281a

#1aff28

Split-complementary

#281aff

#ff9b1a

#7eff1a

Tetradic

#281aff

#ff1af1

#f1ff1a

#1aff28

Square

#281aff

#ff1a7e

#f1ff1a

#1aff9b

Shades

Color #281aff mixed toward black.

#0e00ea

#0c00bb

#09008d

#06005e

#03002f

Tints

Color #281aff mixed toward white.

#4c40ff

#7066ff

#948dff

#b7b3ff

#dbd9ff

Tones

Color #281aff mixed toward gray.

#392dec

#4a40d9

#5a53c6

#6b66b3

#7c79a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.68:1

White text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2323e2 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#2324da · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#27c7c0 · ΔE 55.4

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 33

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #281aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281aff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#281aff (#281aff) is rgb(40, 26, 255) in RGB.

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

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