#16121d

Color #16121d

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#16121d

RGB

rgb(22, 18, 29)

HSL

hsl(261.8, 23.4%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.8, 37.9%, 11.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 88.6%)

LAB

lab(6.25, 4.56, -6.82)

LCH

lch(6.25, 8.2, 303.77)

OKLCH

oklch(19.3%, 0.0226, 300.88)

HWB

hwb(261.8, 7.1%, 88.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#191d12

Analogous

#12131d

#16121d

#1b121d

Triadic

#16121d

#1d1612

#121d16

Split-complementary

#16121d

#1d1b12

#131d12

Tetradic

#16121d

#1d1219

#191d12

#121d16

Square

#16121d

#1d1213

#191d12

#121d1b

Shades

Color #16121d mixed toward black.

#120f18

#0f0c13

#0b090e

#07060a

#040305

Tints

Color #16121d mixed toward white.

#3a304d

#5e4d7c

#8470a6

#ada0c4

#d6cfe1

Tones

Color #16121d mixed toward gray.

#16131c

#16141b

#17151a

#171619

#171718

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.14:1

White text reads better on this background (18.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#14141b · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#15151a · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#161918 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#141414 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16121d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16121d]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#16121d (#16121d) is rgb(22, 18, 29) in RGB.

No, #16121d 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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