#170689

Color #170689

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 3.22 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#170689

RGB

rgb(23, 6, 137)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 91.6%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 95.6%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.2%, 95.6%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(16.09, 48.16, -65.16)

LCH

lch(16.09, 81.03, 306.47)

OKLCH

oklch(29.9%, 0.1883, 270.73)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 2.4%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#788906

Analogous

#063689

#170689

#580689

Triadic

#170689

#891706

#068917

Split-complementary

#170689

#895806

#368906

Tetradic

#170689

#890678

#788906

#068917

Square

#170689

#890636

#788906

#068958

Shades

Color #170689 mixed toward black.

#130572

#0f045b

#0c0344

#08022e

#040117

Tints

Color #170689 mixed toward white.

#2109c3

#3214f5

#654ff7

#988afa

#ccc4fc

Tones

Color #170689 mixed toward gray.

#1f117e

#271c73

#2f2768

#37325d

#3f3c52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#111179 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#121374 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#166966 · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 28.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #170689;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170689]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#170689 (#170689) is rgb(23, 6, 137) in RGB.

No, #170689 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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