#17008e

Color #17008e

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 1.88 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#17008e

RGB

rgb(23, 0, 142)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.8%, 100%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(16.18, 51.53, -68.16)

LCH

lch(16.18, 85.45, 307.09)

OKLCH

oklch(30.1%, 0.1967, 270.41)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 0%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#778e00

Analogous

#00308e

#17008e

#5e008e

Triadic

#17008e

#8e1700

#008e17

Split-complementary

#17008e

#8e5e00

#308e00

Tetradic

#17008e

#8e0077

#778e00

#008e17

Square

#17008e

#8e0030

#778e00

#008e5e

Shades

Color #17008e mixed toward black.

#130076

#0f005f

#0b0047

#08002f

#040018

Tints

Color #17008e mixed toward white.

#2100cb

#310aff

#6547ff

#9884ff

#ccc2ff

Tones

Color #17008e mixed toward gray.

#1f0c82

#271876

#2f236a

#372f5f

#3f3b53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0f0f7d · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#101278 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#166d69 · ΔE 39.8

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #17008e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#17008e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#17008e (#17008e) is rgb(23, 0, 142) in RGB.

No, #17008e 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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