#161217

Color #161217

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#161217

RGB

rgb(22, 18, 23)

HSL

hsl(288, 12.2%, 8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 21.7%, 9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 91%)

LAB

lab(6.01, 2.86, -2.54)

LCH

lch(6.01, 3.83, 318.39)

OKLCH

oklch(18.9%, 0.0117, 319.5)

HWB

hwb(288, 7.1%, 91%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#131712

Analogous

#131217

#161217

#171215

Triadic

#161217

#171612

#121716

Split-complementary

#161217

#151712

#121713

Tetradic

#161217

#171213

#131712

#121716

Square

#161217

#171312

#131712

#121517

Shades

Color #161217 mixed toward black.

#120f13

#0f0c0f

#0b090b

#070608

#040304

Tints

Color #161217 mixed toward white.

#403443

#6a576f

#927b98

#b7a7ba

#dbd3dd

Tones

Color #161217 mixed toward gray.

#161216

#151316

#151415

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.13:1

White text reads better on this background (18.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#141416 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#151516 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#161515 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#131313 · ΔE 4.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #161217;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161217]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#161217 (#161217) is rgb(22, 18, 23) in RGB.

No, #161217 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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