#1b1212

Color #1b1212

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#1b1212

RGB

rgb(27, 18, 18)

HSL

hsl(0, 20%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 33.3%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 33.3%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(6.41, 4.23, 1.49)

LCH

lch(6.41, 4.48, 19.4)

OKLCH

oklch(19.4%, 0.0151, 18.56)

HWB

hwb(0, 7.1%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#121b1b

Analogous

#1b1216

#1b1212

#1b1612

Triadic

#1b1212

#121b12

#12121b

Split-complementary

#1b1212

#121b16

#12161b

Tetradic

#1b1212

#1b1b12

#121b1b

#12121b

Square

#1b1212

#161b12

#121b1b

#16121b

Shades

Color #1b1212 mixed toward black.

#160f0f

#120c0c

#0d0909

#090606

#040303

Tints

Color #1b1212 mixed toward white.

#493131

#785050

#a27373

#c1a2a2

#e0d0d0

Tones

Color #1b1212 mixed toward gray.

#1a1313

#191313

#191414

#181515

#171616

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.14:1

White text reads better on this background (18.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#171712 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#181912 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#1b1212 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#141414 · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b1212;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b1212]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#1b1212 (#1b1212) is rgb(27, 18, 18) in RGB.

No, #1b1212 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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