#221b16

Color #221b16

A muted very dark orange.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 11.7 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#221b16

RGB

rgb(34, 27, 22)

HSL

hsl(25, 21.4%, 11%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(25, 35.3%, 13.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 35.3%, 86.7%)

LAB

lab(10.42, 2.42, 4.75)

LCH

lch(10.42, 5.33, 63)

OKLCH

oklch(22.9%, 0.0145, 57.41)

HWB

hwb(25, 8.6%, 86.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#161d22

Analogous

#221617

#221b16

#222116

Triadic

#221b16

#16221b

#1b1622

Split-complementary

#221b16

#162221

#161722

Tetradic

#221b16

#1d2216

#161d22

#1b1622

Square

#221b16

#172216

#161d22

#211622

Shades

Color #221b16 mixed toward black.

#1c1712

#17120f

#110e0b

#0b0907

#060504

Tints

Color #221b16 mixed toward white.

#504034

#7e6452

#a68975

#c4b1a3

#e1d8d1

Tones

Color #221b16 mixed toward gray.

#211b17

#201b18

#1f1c19

#1e1c1a

#1d1c1b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.24:1

White text reads better on this background (16.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f17 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#202018 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#221818 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #221b16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#221b16]

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Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#221b16 (#221b16) is rgb(34, 27, 22) in RGB.

No, #221b16 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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