#231746

Color #231746

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#231746

RGB

rgb(35, 23, 70)

HSL

hsl(255.3, 50.5%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.3, 67.1%, 27.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 67.1%, 0%, 72.5%)

LAB

lab(12.04, 19.55, -27.57)

LCH

lch(12.04, 33.8, 305.34)

OKLCH

oklch(25%, 0.0842, 290.8)

HWB

hwb(255.3, 9%, 72.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a4617

Analogous

#172246

#231746

#3a1746

Triadic

#231746

#462317

#174623

Split-complementary

#231746

#463a17

#224617

Tetradic

#231746

#46173a

#3a4617

#174623

Square

#231746

#461722

#3a4617

#17463a

Shades

Color #231746 mixed toward black.

#1d133a

#170f2f

#110b23

#0c0817

#06040c

Tints

Color #231746 mixed toward white.

#3d287a

#5739ae

#7d62cb

#a896dd

#d4cbee

Tones

Color #231746 mixed toward gray.

#251b42

#271f3e

#29233a

#2b2736

#2c2b32

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.28:1

White text reads better on this background (16.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1e3e · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#1f203c · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#223735 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #231746;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#231746]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#231746 (#231746) is rgb(35, 23, 70) in RGB.

No, #231746 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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