#12001b

Color #12001b

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#12001b

RGB

rgb(18, 0, 27)

HSL

hsl(280, 100%, 5.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 100%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 100%, 0%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(1.88, 10.23, -11.79)

LCH

lch(1.88, 15.61, 310.95)

OKLCH

oklch(13.7%, 0.0676, 314.28)

HWB

hwb(280, 0%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#091b00

Analogous

#05001b

#12001b

#1b0017

Triadic

#12001b

#1b1200

#001b12

Split-complementary

#12001b

#171b00

#001b05

Tetradic

#12001b

#1b0009

#091b00

#001b12

Square

#12001b

#1b0500

#091b00

#00171b

Shades

Color #12001b mixed toward black.

#0f0017

#0c0012

#09000e

#060009

#030005

Tints

Color #12001b mixed toward white.

#48006c

#7d00bc

#af0eff

#c95eff

#e4afff

Tones

Color #12001b mixed toward gray.

#110219

#110517

#100714

#0f0912

#0e0b10

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

20.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.04:1

White text reads better on this background (20.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0b0b17 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#0c0e15 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#111211 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#070707 · ΔE 13.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #12001b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#12001b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#12001b (#12001b) is rgb(18, 0, 27) in RGB.

No, #12001b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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