All About Color #281B4B

#281B4B

About #281B4B

#281B4B is a dark purple color with the hex code #281B4B. In RGB it is red 40, green 27, blue 75; in HSL it is hue 256°, saturation 47%, lightness 20%; in CMYK it is 47%, 64%, 0%, 71%. Its contrast ratio is 15.57:1 on white and 1.35:1 on black.

#281B4B Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 1B, 4B
CMYK46.67%, 64.00%, 0.00%, 70.59%
RGB Decimal40, 27, 75
HSL256°, 47%, 20%
RGB Octal50, 33, 113
HSV (HSB)256.25°, 64.00%, 29.41%
RGB Binary101000, 11011, 1001011
CIE-L*AB14.08, 19.79, -27.72
RGB Percent15.69%, 10.59%, 29.41%
CIE-L*CH14.08, 34.06, 305.52
XYZ2.54, 1.74, 6.86
CIE-L*UV14.08, 1.50, -27.42
xyY0.23, 0.16, 1.74
Hunter-Lab13.20, 11.20, -21.56
RYB15.69%, 10.59%, 29.41%

Color Accessibility Scores

#281B4B on a dark background: contrast 1.35:1, fails WCAG AA.
#281B4B on a light background: contrast 15.57:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #281B4B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #281B4B. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#281B4B · #4C338E · #0A0713 · #3E4B1B · #768E33

Analogous palette

#1B3E4B · #1B264B · #281B4B · #401B4B · #4B1B3E

Triadic palette

#281B4B · #4B281B · #1B4B28 · #4C338E · #8E4C33

Tetradic palette

#281B4B · #4B1B26 · #3E4B1B · #1B4B40 · #0A0713

Monochromatic palette

#0A0713 · #0A0713 · #281B4B · #462F83 · #6444BB

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