#170046

Color #170046

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#170046

RGB

rgb(23, 0, 70)

HSL

hsl(259.7, 100%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.7, 100%, 27.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 100%, 0%, 72.5%)

LAB

lab(5.64, 30.98, -38.1)

LCH

lch(5.64, 49.11, 309.12)

OKLCH

oklch(20%, 0.1157, 286.21)

HWB

hwb(259.7, 0%, 72.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f4600

Analogous

#000c46

#170046

#3a0046

Triadic

#170046

#461700

#004617

Split-complementary

#170046

#463a00

#0c4600

Tetradic

#170046

#46002f

#2f4600

#004617

Square

#170046

#46000c

#2f4600

#00463a

Shades

Color #170046 mixed toward black.

#13003a

#0f002f

#0b0023

#080017

#04000c

Tints

Color #170046 mixed toward white.

#2f008f

#4700d9

#6b23ff

#9c6cff

#ceb6ff

Tones

Color #170046 mixed toward gray.

#190640

#1b0c3a

#1d1134

#1f172f

#211d29

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.12:1

White text reads better on this background (18.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0f0f3d · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#10123a · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#163432 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#121212 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #170046;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170046]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#170046 (#170046) is rgb(23, 0, 70) in RGB.

No, #170046 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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