#281b95

Color #281b95

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#281b95

RGB

rgb(40, 27, 149)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 69.3%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 81.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.2%, 81.9%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(21.6, 44.39, -63.46)

LCH

lch(21.6, 77.44, 304.97)

OKLCH

oklch(34.4%, 0.1843, 275.39)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 10.6%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88951b

Analogous

#1b4b95

#281b95

#651b95

Triadic

#281b95

#95281b

#1b9528

Split-complementary

#281b95

#95651b

#4b951b

Tetradic

#281b95

#951b88

#88951b

#1b9528

Square

#281b95

#951b4b

#88951b

#1b9565

Shades

Color #281b95 mixed toward black.

#21177c

#1b1263

#140e4a

#0d0932

#070519

Tints

Color #281b95 mixed toward white.

#3524c4

#5342dd

#7e72e5

#a9a1ee

#d4d0f6

Tones

Color #281b95 mixed toward gray.

#30258b

#382f81

#403976

#48446c

#504e62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.68:1

White text reads better on this background (12.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#232384 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#24257f · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#277470 · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#343434 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281b95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281b95]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281b95 (#281b95) is rgb(40, 27, 149) in RGB.

No, #281b95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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