#231728

Color #231728

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 16.94 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#231728

RGB

rgb(35, 23, 40)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 27%, 12.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 42.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(9.98, 10.07, -9.27)

LCH

lch(9.98, 13.69, 317.37)

OKLCH

oklch(22.8%, 0.0363, 315.67)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 9%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c2817

Analogous

#1b1728

#231728

#281725

Triadic

#231728

#282317

#172823

Split-complementary

#231728

#252817

#17281b

Tetradic

#231728

#28171c

#1c2817

#172823

Square

#231728

#281b17

#1c2817

#172528

Shades

Color #231728 mixed toward black.

#1d1321

#170f1b

#120c14

#0c080d

#060407

Tints

Color #231728 mixed toward white.

#4d3257

#764d87

#9c71ad

#bda0c9

#ded0e4

Tones

Color #231728 mixed toward gray.

#231927

#221a25

#211b24

#211d22

#201e21

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1e25 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#1f2024 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#222221 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 12.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #231728;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#231728]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#231728 (#231728) is rgb(35, 23, 40) in RGB.

No, #231728 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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