#1b161e

Color #1b161e

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#1b161e

RGB

rgb(27, 22, 30)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 15.4%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 26.7%, 11.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 26.7%, 0%, 88.2%)

LAB

lab(8.13, 4.55, -4.69)

LCH

lch(8.13, 6.53, 314.13)

OKLCH

oklch(21%, 0.0173, 312.65)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 8.6%, 88.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#191e16

Analogous

#17161e

#1b161e

#1e161d

Triadic

#1b161e

#1e1b16

#161e1b

Split-complementary

#1b161e

#1d1e16

#161e17

Tetradic

#1b161e

#1e1619

#191e16

#161e1b

Square

#1b161e

#1e1716

#191e16

#161d1e

Shades

Color #1b161e mixed toward black.

#171219

#120f14

#0e0b0f

#09070a

#050405

Tints

Color #1b161e mixed toward white.

#43364a

#6a5776

#917b9e

#b6a7be

#dad3df

Tones

Color #1b161e mixed toward gray.

#1b171d

#1b181c

#1a191b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#19191c · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#191a1c · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#1b1b1a · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b161e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b161e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#1b161e (#1b161e) is rgb(27, 22, 30) in RGB.

No, #1b161e 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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