#281b74

Color #281b74

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 2.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#281b74

RGB

rgb(40, 27, 116)

HSL

hsl(248.8, 62.2%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.8, 76.7%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.5%, 76.7%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(17.9, 33.67, -48.76)

LCH

lch(17.9, 59.26, 304.63)

OKLCH

oklch(30.7%, 0.1431, 280.47)

HWB

hwb(248.8, 10.6%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67741b

Analogous

#1b3a74

#281b74

#541b74

Triadic

#281b74

#74281b

#1b7428

Split-complementary

#281b74

#74541b

#3a741b

Tetradic

#281b74

#741b67

#67741b

#1b7428

Square

#281b74

#741b3a

#67741b

#1b7454

Shades

Color #281b74 mixed toward black.

#211661

#1b124d

#140d3a

#0d0927

#070413

Tints

Color #281b74 mixed toward white.

#3927a5

#4f38d1

#7b6adc

#a79ce8

#d3cdf3

Tones

Color #281b74 mixed toward gray.

#2d226c

#322a65

#38315e

#3d3956

#42404f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#232367 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#242563 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#275b58 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281b74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281b74]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281b74 (#281b74) is rgb(40, 27, 116) in RGB.

No, #281b74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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