#1717dd

Color #1717dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 4.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#1717dd

RGB

rgb(23, 23, 221)

HSL

hsl(240, 81.1%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 89.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(89.6%, 89.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(29.45, 66.31, -93.29)

LCH

lch(29.45, 114.46, 305.4)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.2703, 266.54)

HWB

hwb(240, 9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dddd17

Analogous

#177add

#1717dd

#7a17dd

Triadic

#1717dd

#dd1717

#17dd17

Split-complementary

#1717dd

#dd7a17

#7add17

Tetradic

#1717dd

#dd17dd

#dddd17

#17dd17

Square

#1717dd

#dd177a

#dddd17

#17dd7a

Shades

Color #1717dd mixed toward black.

#1313b8

#0f0f93

#0c0c6e

#08084a

#040425

Tints

Color #1717dd mixed toward white.

#3636ea

#5e5eee

#8686f2

#afaff7

#d7d7fb

Tones

Color #1717dd mixed toward gray.

#2828cc

#3838bc

#4848ab

#59599b

#69698a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1717c4 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#1717bd · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#17aca6 · ΔE 52

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 32

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #1717dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1717dd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#1717dd (#1717dd) is rgb(23, 23, 221) in RGB.

No, #1717dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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