#18161a

Color #18161a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 8.25 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#18161a

RGB

rgb(24, 22, 26)

HSL

hsl(270, 8.3%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 15.4%, 10.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 89.8%)

LAB

lab(7.61, 2.01, -2.46)

LCH

lch(7.61, 3.18, 309.25)

OKLCH

oklch(20.4%, 0.0084, 308.23)

HWB

hwb(270, 8.6%, 89.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181a16

Analogous

#16161a

#18161a

#1a161a

Triadic

#18161a

#1a1816

#161a18

Split-complementary

#18161a

#1a1a16

#161a16

Tetradic

#18161a

#1a1618

#181a16

#161a18

Square

#18161a

#1a1616

#181a16

#161a1a

Shades

Color #18161a mixed toward black.

#141216

#100f11

#0c0b0d

#080709

#040404

Tints

Color #18161a mixed toward white.

#3e3944

#655d6d

#8b8295

#b2acb8

#d8d5dc

Tones

Color #18161a mixed toward gray.

#18161a

#181719

#181818

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#171719 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#171719 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#181818 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #18161a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#18161a]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#18161a (#18161a) is rgb(24, 22, 26) in RGB.

No, #18161a 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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