#12041c

Color #12041c

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#12041c

RGB

rgb(18, 4, 28)

HSL

hsl(275, 75%, 6.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275, 85.7%, 11%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 89%)

LAB

lab(2.7, 8.93, -11.37)

LCH

lch(2.7, 14.46, 308.15)

OKLCH

oklch(15.1%, 0.0541, 309.37)

HWB

hwb(275, 1.6%, 89%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0e1c04

Analogous

#06041c

#12041c

#1c041a

Triadic

#12041c

#1c1204

#041c12

Split-complementary

#12041c

#1a1c04

#041c06

Tetradic

#12041c

#1c040e

#0e1c04

#041c12

Square

#12041c

#1c0604

#0e1c04

#041a1c

Shades

Color #12041c mixed toward black.

#0f0317

#0c0313

#09020e

#060109

#030105

Tints

Color #12041c mixed toward white.

#3f0e62

#6c18a7

#962ee1

#b974eb

#dcb9f5

Tones

Color #12041c mixed toward gray.

#12061a

#110818

#110a16

#110c14

#100e12

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.06:1

White text reads better on this background (19.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0d0d18 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#0e0f17 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#111413 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#0a0a0a · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #12041c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#12041c]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#12041c (#12041c) is rgb(18, 4, 28) in RGB.

No, #12041c 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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