#281f74

Color #281f74

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 3.69 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#281f74

RGB

rgb(40, 31, 116)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 57.8%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 73.3%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(18.76, 31.26, -47.33)

LCH

lch(18.76, 56.72, 303.44)

OKLCH

oklch(31.3%, 0.1384, 279.52)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 12.2%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b741f

Analogous

#1f4074

#281f74

#521f74

Triadic

#281f74

#74281f

#1f7428

Split-complementary

#281f74

#74521f

#40741f

Tetradic

#281f74

#741f6b

#6b741f

#1f7428

Square

#281f74

#741f40

#6b741f

#1f7452

Shades

Color #281f74 mixed toward black.

#211a61

#1b154d

#140f3a

#0d0a27

#070513

Tints

Color #281f74 mixed toward white.

#392ca4

#4f40cc

#7b70d9

#a79fe5

#d3cff2

Tones

Color #281f74 mixed toward gray.

#2e266d

#332d66

#39345f

#3e3b58

#444251

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#242467 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#252664 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#285b58 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281f74]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#281f74 (#281f74) is rgb(40, 31, 116) in RGB.

No, #281f74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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