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#28135D Color

#28135D is rgb(40, 19, 93) in RGB, hsl(257, 66%, 22%) in HSL, and about cmyk(57%, 80%, 0%, 64%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Midnight Blue (#191970), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 9.96. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#28135D
HEX#28135D
RGBrgb(40, 19, 93)
HSLhsl(257, 66%, 22%)
HSVhsv(257, 80%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(57%, 80%, 0%, 64%)
OKLCHoklch(27.1% 0.122 288.4)
LABlab(13.25% 26.56 -41.11)
LCHlch(13.25% 48.94 302.86)

What #28135D Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #28135D, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Midnight Blue#191970ΔE 9.96St. Patrick's Blue#23297AΔE 11.75Russian Violet#32174DΔE 13.08Petunia#470659ΔE 13.97Spanish Violet#4C2882ΔE 14.03Sapphire Navy#082567ΔE 14.23

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#28135D Channel Values

How #28135D breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 40 · G 19 · B 938-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 257° · S 66% · L 22%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 257° · S 80% · V 36%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 57% · M 80% · Y 0% · K 64%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance15.65:1 vs white · 1.34:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #28135D background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text15.65:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.34:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #28135D in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #28135D

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #28135D; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#28135D
Complementary
#485D13
Analogous
#13235D
Analogous
#4D135D
Triadic
#5D2813
Triadic
#135D28
Split comp.
#5D4D13
Split comp.
#235D13

Tints & Shades of #28135D

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#3C1D8C
#5026BA
#6B41D8
#8C6BE1
#B099EA
#D4C8F4

Shades

#231050
#1F0F48
#190C3B
#160A33
#100826
#0D061E

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #28135D.

How #28135D Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#28135D
Protanopia#18185D
Protanomaly#1F165D
Deuteranopia#1C1C5D
Deuteranomaly#21195D
Tritanopia#162626
Tritanomaly#1F2043
Achromatopsia#232323

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #28135D in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-28135d: #28135D;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #28135D;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-28135d': '#28135D' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.157, green: 0.075, blue: 0.365)
Android XML<color name="color_28135d">#28135D</color>
SVG fillfill="#28135D"

More Purple Colors

#28135D sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#28135D Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #28135D?

#28135D is a dark purple — rgb(40, 19, 93) in RGB and hsl(257, 66%, 22%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Midnight Blue (#191970), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 9.96.

What is the RGB value of #28135D?

#28135D is rgb(40, 19, 93) — red 40, green 19, and blue 93 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #28135D?

#28135D converts to approximately cmyk(57%, 80%, 0%, 64%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #28135D be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #28135D scores 15.65:1 against white and 1.34:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #28135D as a CSS color keyword?

No. #28135D is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is midnightblue (#191970) at a CIE76 distance of 9.96, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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