#17009b

Color #17009b

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#17009b

RGB

rgb(23, 0, 155)

HSL

hsl(248.9, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.9, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.2%, 100%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(18.13, 54.87, -72.95)

LCH

lch(18.13, 91.28, 306.95)

OKLCH

oklch(32%, 0.2106, 269.37)

HWB

hwb(248.9, 0%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#849b00

Analogous

#00379b

#17009b

#65009b

Triadic

#17009b

#9b1700

#009b17

Split-complementary

#17009b

#9b6500

#379b00

Tetradic

#17009b

#9b0084

#849b00

#009b17

Square

#17009b

#9b0037

#849b00

#009b65

Shades

Color #17009b mixed toward black.

#130081

#0f0067

#0b004e

#080034

#04001a

Tints

Color #17009b mixed toward white.

#2000d6

#3512ff

#684eff

#9a89ff

#cdc4ff

Tones

Color #17009b mixed toward gray.

#200d8e

#291a81

#322774

#3b3467

#44415a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0f0f89 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#101284 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#167773 · ΔE 41.6

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 29.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #17009b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#17009b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#17009b (#17009b) is rgb(23, 0, 155) in RGB.

No, #17009b 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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