All About Color #280C40

#280C40

About #280C40

#280C40 is a very dark purple color with the hex code #280C40. In RGB it is red 40, green 12, blue 64; in HSL it is hue 272°, saturation 68%, lightness 15%; in CMYK it is 38%, 81%, 0%, 75%. Its contrast ratio is 17.26:1 on white and 1.22:1 on black.

#280C40 Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 0C, 40
CMYK37.50%, 81.25%, 0.00%, 74.90%
RGB Decimal40, 12, 64
HSL272°, 68%, 15%
RGB Octal50, 14, 100
HSV (HSB)272.31°, 81.25%, 25.10%
RGB Binary101000, 1100, 1000000
CIE-L*AB9.67, 25.79, -27.15
RGB Percent15.69%, 4.71%, 25.10%
CIE-L*CH9.67, 37.45, 313.53
XYZ1.93, 1.08, 4.96
CIE-L*UV9.67, 4.51, -21.79
xyY0.24, 0.14, 1.08
Hunter-Lab10.41, 14.90, -20.94
RYB15.69%, 4.71%, 25.10%

Color Accessibility Scores

#280C40 on a dark background: contrast 1.22:1, fails WCAG AA.
#280C40 on a light background: contrast 17.26:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #280C40, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#280C40 · #581B8D · #0D0415 · #25400C · #508D1B

Analogous palette

#0C2540 · #0E0C40 · #280C40 · #400C3F · #400C25

Triadic palette

#280C40 · #40280C · #0C4028 · #581B8D · #8D581B

Tetradic palette

#280C40 · #400E0C · #25400C · #0C3F40 · #0D0415

Monochromatic palette

#0D0415 · #0D0415 · #280C40 · #501881 · #7825C1

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