The title compound, C(19)H(28)N(8)O(2), was prepared by the reaction of N(2),N(2),N(4),N(4)-tetra-ethyl-6-hydrazino-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine and 1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)ethanone in ethanol at room temperature. The mol-ecular conformation is stabilized by intra-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen-bonding inter-actions. There are also inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and C-H⋯π and π-π inter-actions, which help to stabilize the crystal structure. The centroid-centroid distance is 3.6172 (10) Å between adjacent benzene and 1,3,5-triazine rings.