#170223

Color #170223

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 21.83 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#170223

RGB

rgb(23, 2, 35)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 89.2%, 7.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 94.3%, 13.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 94.3%, 0%, 86.3%)

LAB

lab(3.13, 14.28, -16.21)

LCH

lch(3.13, 21.6, 311.38)

OKLCH

oklch(16.1%, 0.0714, 311.19)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 0.8%, 86.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0e2302

Analogous

#070223

#170223

#23021f

Triadic

#170223

#231702

#022317

Split-complementary

#170223

#1f2302

#022307

Tetradic

#170223

#23020e

#0e2302

#022317

Square

#170223

#230702

#0e2302

#021f23

Shades

Color #170223 mixed toward black.

#13021d

#0f0117

#0c0112

#08010c

#040006

Tints

Color #170223 mixed toward white.

#48066e

#790bb8

#a61ff2

#c36af6

#e1b4fb

Tones

Color #170223 mixed toward gray.

#160520

#16081e

#150a1b

#140d18

#131015

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.07:1

White text reads better on this background (19.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#10101e · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#11121d · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#161918 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#0b0b0b · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #170223;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170223]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#170223 (#170223) is rgb(23, 2, 35) in RGB.

No, #170223 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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