#170f1b

Color #170f1b

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#170f1b

RGB

rgb(23, 15, 27)

HSL

hsl(280, 28.6%, 8.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 44.4%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(5.45, 6.1, -6.46)

LCH

lch(5.45, 8.88, 313.36)

OKLCH

oklch(18.5%, 0.0267, 314.09)

HWB

hwb(280, 5.9%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#131b0f

Analogous

#110f1b

#170f1b

#1b0f19

Triadic

#170f1b

#1b170f

#0f1b17

Split-complementary

#170f1b

#191b0f

#0f1b11

Tetradic

#170f1b

#1b0f13

#131b0f

#0f1b17

Square

#170f1b

#1b110f

#131b0f

#0f191b

Shades

Color #170f1b mixed toward black.

#130c16

#0f0a12

#0b070d

#080509

#040204

Tints

Color #170f1b mixed toward white.

#422b4d

#6c477f

#9568ab

#b89bc7

#dccde3

Tones

Color #170f1b mixed toward gray.

#17101a

#161119

#161218

#161317

#151416

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.12:1

White text reads better on this background (18.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#141419 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#141518 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#171616 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#121212 · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #170f1b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170f1b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#170f1b (#170f1b) is rgb(23, 15, 27) in RGB.

No, #170f1b 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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