#170044

Color #170044

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 16.38 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#170044

RGB

rgb(23, 0, 68)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 100%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 100%, 26.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 100%, 0%, 73.3%)

LAB

lab(5.41, 30.16, -37.05)

LCH

lch(5.41, 47.77, 309.15)

OKLCH

oklch(19.7%, 0.1133, 287.14)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 0%, 73.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2d4400

Analogous

#000b44

#170044

#390044

Triadic

#170044

#441700

#004417

Split-complementary

#170044

#443900

#0b4400

Tetradic

#170044

#44002d

#2d4400

#004417

Square

#170044

#44000b

#2d4400

#004439

Shades

Color #170044 mixed toward black.

#130039

#0f002d

#0b0022

#080017

#04000b

Tints

Color #170044 mixed toward white.

#30008e

#4900d7

#6d22ff

#9d6cff

#ceb5ff

Tones

Color #170044 mixed toward gray.

#19063e

#1b0b39

#1c1133

#1e172d

#201c28

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.12:1

White text reads better on this background (18.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0f0f3b · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#101239 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#163331 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#121212 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #170044;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170044]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#170044 (#170044) is rgb(23, 0, 68) in RGB.

No, #170044 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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