#140e17

Color #140e17

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#140e17

RGB

rgb(20, 14, 23)

HSL

hsl(280, 24.3%, 7.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 39.1%, 9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 39.1%, 0%, 91%)

LAB

lab(4.74, 4.16, -4.42)

LCH

lch(4.74, 6.07, 313.26)

OKLCH

oklch(17.6%, 0.0205, 314.21)

HWB

hwb(280, 5.5%, 91%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#11170e

Analogous

#100e17

#140e17

#170e16

Triadic

#140e17

#17140e

#0e1714

Split-complementary

#140e17

#16170e

#0e1710

Tetradic

#140e17

#170e11

#11170e

#0e1714

Square

#140e17

#17100e

#11170e

#0e1617

Shades

Color #140e17 mixed toward black.

#110c13

#0d090f

#0a070c

#070508

#030204

Tints

Color #140e17 mixed toward white.

#3f2c48

#694a79

#926ca6

#b79dc3

#dbcee1

Tones

Color #140e17 mixed toward gray.

#140f16

#141016

#131015

#131114

#131213

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.1:1

White text reads better on this background (19.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#121215 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#121215 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#141413 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#101010 · ΔE 6.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #140e17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#140e17]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#140e17 (#140e17) is rgb(20, 14, 23) in RGB.

No, #140e17 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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