#281f38

Color #281f38

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#281f38

RGB

rgb(40, 31, 56)

HSL

hsl(261.6, 28.7%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.6, 44.6%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 44.6%, 0%, 78%)

LAB

lab(13.92, 10.84, -14.68)

LCH

lch(13.92, 18.25, 306.44)

OKLCH

oklch(26.2%, 0.0471, 299.67)

HWB

hwb(261.6, 12.2%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f381f

Analogous

#1f2338

#281f38

#351f38

Triadic

#281f38

#38281f

#1f3828

Split-complementary

#281f38

#38351f

#23381f

Tetradic

#281f38

#381f2f

#2f381f

#1f3828

Square

#281f38

#381f23

#2f381f

#1f3835

Shades

Color #281f38 mixed toward black.

#211a2f

#1b1525

#14101c

#0d0a13

#070509

Tints

Color #281f38 mixed toward white.

#493865

#695193

#8d77b4

#b3a4cd

#d9d2e6

Tones

Color #281f38 mixed toward gray.

#292136

#292334

#2a2532

#2a2730

#2b2a2e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.34:1

White text reads better on this background (15.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242433 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#252632 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#282f2e · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#232323 · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #281f38;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281f38]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#281f38 (#281f38) is rgb(40, 31, 56) in RGB.

No, #281f38 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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