#120617

Color #120617

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#120617

RGB

rgb(18, 6, 23)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 58.6%, 5.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 73.9%, 9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 91%)

LAB

lab(2.9, 6.73, -7.13)

LCH

lch(2.9, 9.8, 313.35)

OKLCH

oklch(15.2%, 0.0403, 315.6)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 2.4%, 91%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0b1706

Analogous

#0a0617

#120617

#170614

Triadic

#120617

#171206

#061712

Split-complementary

#120617

#141706

#06170a

Tetradic

#120617

#17060b

#0b1706

#061712

Square

#120617

#170a06

#0b1706

#061417

Shades

Color #120617 mixed toward black.

#0f0513

#0c040f

#09030c

#060208

#030104

Tints

Color #120617 mixed toward white.

#441757

#762796

#a440cd

#c280de

#e1bfee

Tones

Color #120617 mixed toward gray.

#110716

#110914

#100a13

#100c11

#0f0d10

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.06:1

White text reads better on this background (19.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0d14 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#0e0f13 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#121110 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#0b0b0b · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #120617;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#120617]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#120617 (#120617) is rgb(18, 6, 23) in RGB.

No, #120617 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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