#160821

Color #160821

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.45 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#160821

RGB

rgb(22, 8, 33)

HSL

hsl(273.6, 61%, 8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.6, 75.8%, 12.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 87.1%)

LAB

lab(4.1, 10.68, -13.18)

LCH

lch(4.1, 16.96, 309.02)

OKLCH

oklch(17.2%, 0.0524, 307.79)

HWB

hwb(273.6, 3.1%, 87.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#132108

Analogous

#090821

#160821

#21081f

Triadic

#160821

#211608

#082116

Split-complementary

#160821

#1f2108

#082109

Tetradic

#160821

#210813

#132108

#082116

Square

#160821

#210908

#132108

#081f21

Shades

Color #160821 mixed toward black.

#12071b

#0f0516

#0b0410

#07030b

#040105

Tints

Color #160821 mixed toward white.

#401760

#6a269f

#9242d1

#b781e1

#dbc0f0

Tones

Color #160821 mixed toward gray.

#160a1f

#150c1d

#150e1b

#151019

#151216

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.09:1

White text reads better on this background (19.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#11111d · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#12131c · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#151918 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#0e0e0e · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #160821;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#160821]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#160821 (#160821) is rgb(22, 8, 33) in RGB.

No, #160821 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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