#1c1820

Color #1c1820

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 11.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#1c1820

RGB

rgb(28, 24, 32)

HSL

hsl(270, 14.3%, 11%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 25%, 12.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 25%, 0%, 87.5%)

LAB

lab(9.03, 4.05, -4.83)

LCH

lch(9.03, 6.3, 309.98)

OKLCH

oklch(21.7%, 0.0165, 307.63)

HWB

hwb(270, 9.4%, 87.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c2018

Analogous

#181820

#1c1820

#201820

Triadic

#1c1820

#201c18

#18201c

Split-complementary

#1c1820

#202018

#182018

Tetradic

#1c1820

#20181c

#1c2018

#18201c

Square

#1c1820

#201818

#1c2018

#182020

Shades

Color #1c1820 mixed toward black.

#17141b

#131015

#0e0c10

#09080b

#050405

Tints

Color #1c1820 mixed toward white.

#42384b

#685977

#8e7d9e

#b3a9be

#d9d4df

Tones

Color #1c1820 mixed toward gray.

#1c191f

#1c1a1e

#1c1b1d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.2:1

White text reads better on this background (17.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a1e · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#1b1b1e · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#1c1d1c · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#1a1a1a · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1c1820;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1c1820]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#1c1820 (#1c1820) is rgb(28, 24, 32) in RGB.

No, #1c1820 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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