All About Color #281B7E

#281B7E

About #281B7E

#281B7E is a dark blue color with the hex code #281B7E. In RGB it is red 40, green 27, blue 126; in HSL it is hue 248°, saturation 65%, lightness 30%; in CMYK it is 68%, 79%, 0%, 51%. Its contrast ratio is 13.56:1 on white and 1.55:1 on black.

#281B7E Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 1B, 7E
CMYK68.25%, 78.57%, 0.00%, 50.59%
RGB Decimal40, 27, 126
HSL248°, 65%, 30%
RGB Octal50, 33, 176
HSV (HSB)247.88°, 78.57%, 49.41%
RGB Binary101000, 11011, 1111110
CIE-L*AB18.98, 37.00, -53.39
RGB Percent15.69%, 10.59%, 49.41%
CIE-L*CH18.98, 64.95, 304.72
XYZ5.03, 2.74, 20.00
CIE-L*UV18.98, -2.02, -58.20
xyY0.18, 0.10, 2.74
Hunter-Lab16.56, 25.28, -60.04
RYB15.69%, 10.59%, 49.41%

Color Accessibility Scores

#281B7E on a dark background: contrast 1.55:1, fails WCAG AA.
#281B7E on a light background: contrast 13.56:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #281B7E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #281B7E. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#281B7E · #402BCA · #100B32 · #717E1B · #B5CA2B

Analogous palette

#1B717E · #1B3F7E · #281B7E · #5A1B7E · #7E1B71

Triadic palette

#281B7E · #7E281B · #1B7E28 · #402BCA · #CA402B

Tetradic palette

#281B7E · #7E1B3F · #717E1B · #1B7E5A · #100B32

Monochromatic palette

#070415 · #140D3F · #281B7E · #3C28BD · #6857DB

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