#12174d

Color #12174d

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 20.83 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#12174d

RGB

rgb(18, 23, 77)

HSL

hsl(234.9, 62.1%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.9, 76.6%, 30.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 69.8%)

LAB

lab(11.11, 18.71, -34)

LCH

lch(11.11, 38.81, 298.82)

OKLCH

oklch(24.1%, 0.0983, 272.51)

HWB

hwb(234.9, 7.1%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d4812

Analogous

#12344d

#12174d

#2a124d

Triadic

#12174d

#4d1217

#174d12

Split-complementary

#12174d

#4d2a12

#344d12

Tetradic

#12174d

#48124d

#4d4812

#174d12

Square

#12174d

#4d1234

#4d4812

#124d2a

Shades

Color #12174d mixed toward black.

#0f1340

#0c0f33

#090b26

#06081a

#03040d

Tints

Color #12174d mixed toward white.

#1f2885

#2c39bd

#5762d8

#8f96e5

#c7cbf2

Tones

Color #12174d mixed toward gray.

#171b48

#1c1f43

#21233e

#262739

#2b2b34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.26:1

White text reads better on this background (16.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#141444 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#141442 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#123c3b · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#1e1e1e · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #12174d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#12174d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#12174d (#12174d) is rgb(18, 23, 77) in RGB.

No, #12174d 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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