All About Color #280B42

#280B42

About #280B42

#280B42 is a very dark purple color with the hex code #280B42. In RGB it is red 40, green 11, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 272°, saturation 71%, lightness 15%; in CMYK it is 39%, 83%, 0%, 74%. Its contrast ratio is 17.26:1 on white and 1.22:1 on black.

#280B42 Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 0B, 42
CMYK39.39%, 83.33%, 0.00%, 74.12%
RGB Decimal40, 11, 66
HSL272°, 71%, 15%
RGB Octal50, 13, 102
HSV (HSB)271.64°, 83.33%, 25.88%
RGB Binary101000, 1011, 1000010
CIE-L*AB9.67, 26.88, -28.58
RGB Percent15.69%, 4.31%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH9.67, 39.23, 313.25
XYZ1.98, 1.08, 5.26
CIE-L*UV9.67, 4.38, -22.82
xyY0.24, 0.13, 1.08
Hunter-Lab10.41, 15.70, -22.66
RYB15.69%, 4.31%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#280B42 on a dark background: contrast 1.22:1, fails WCAG AA.
#280B42 on a light background: contrast 17.26:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #280B42, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#280B42 · #581890 · #0D0416 · #24410B · #509018

Analogous palette

#0B2441 · #0D0B41 · #280B42 · #410B40 · #410B24

Triadic palette

#280B42 · #41280B · #0B4128 · #581890 · #905818

Tetradic palette

#280B42 · #410D0B · #24410B · #0B4041 · #0D0416

Monochromatic palette

#0D0416 · #0D0416 · #280B42 · #501683 · #7821C4

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