#1b1414

Color #1b1414

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#1b1414

RGB

rgb(27, 20, 20)

HSL

hsl(0, 14.9%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 25.9%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 25.9%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(7.08, 3.42, 1.2)

LCH

lch(7.08, 3.62, 19.33)

OKLCH

oklch(20%, 0.0115, 18.28)

HWB

hwb(0, 7.8%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#141b1b

Analogous

#1b1417

#1b1414

#1b1714

Triadic

#1b1414

#141b14

#14141b

Split-complementary

#1b1414

#141b17

#14171b

Tetradic

#1b1414

#1b1b14

#141b1b

#14141b

Square

#1b1414

#171b14

#141b1b

#17141b

Shades

Color #1b1414 mixed toward black.

#161111

#120d0d

#0d0a0a

#090707

#040303

Tints

Color #1b1414 mixed toward white.

#473535

#745656

#9c7a7a

#bda6a6

#ded3d3

Tones

Color #1b1414 mixed toward gray.

#1a1515

#191616

#181717

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.16:1

White text reads better on this background (18.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#181814 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#191914 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#1b1414 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b1414;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b1414]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#1b1414 (#1b1414) is rgb(27, 20, 20) in RGB.

No, #1b1414 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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