#170e1e

Color #170e1e

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 12.87 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#170e1e

RGB

rgb(23, 14, 30)

HSL

hsl(273.8, 36.4%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.8, 53.3%, 11.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 88.2%)

LAB

lab(5.33, 7.53, -8.97)

LCH

lch(5.33, 11.71, 310.01)

OKLCH

oklch(18.4%, 0.0343, 309.21)

HWB

hwb(273.8, 5.5%, 88.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#151e0e

Analogous

#0f0e1e

#170e1e

#1e0e1d

Triadic

#170e1e

#1e170e

#0e1e17

Split-complementary

#170e1e

#1d1e0e

#0e1e0f

Tetradic

#170e1e

#1e0e15

#151e0e

#0e1e17

Square

#170e1e

#1e0f0e

#151e0e

#0e1d1e

Shades

Color #170e1e mixed toward black.

#130c19

#0f0914

#0b070f

#08050a

#040205

Tints

Color #170e1e mixed toward white.

#402753

#683f88

#9060b5

#b595ce

#dacae6

Tones

Color #170e1e mixed toward gray.

#170f1d

#17111b

#16121a

#161319

#161517

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.12:1

White text reads better on this background (18.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#14131b · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#14151a · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#171818 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#121212 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #170e1e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170e1e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#170e1e (#170e1e) is rgb(23, 14, 30) in RGB.

No, #170e1e 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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