#231915

Color #231915

A muted very dark orange.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 11.69 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#231915

RGB

rgb(35, 25, 21)

HSL

hsl(17.1, 25%, 11%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.1, 40%, 13.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 40%, 86.3%)

LAB

lab(9.85, 4.22, 4.67)

LCH

lch(9.85, 6.29, 47.9)

OKLCH

oklch(22.4%, 0.0178, 42.73)

HWB

hwb(17.1, 8.2%, 86.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#151f23

Analogous

#231518

#231915

#232015

Triadic

#231915

#152319

#191523

Split-complementary

#231915

#152320

#151823

Tetradic

#231915

#1f2315

#151f23

#191523

Square

#231915

#182315

#151f23

#201523

Shades

Color #231915 mixed toward black.

#1d1512

#17110e

#120d0b

#0c0807

#060404

Tints

Color #231915 mixed toward white.

#523b31

#825d4e

#aa8171

#c6aba0

#e3d5d0

Tones

Color #231915 mixed toward gray.

#221a16

#211a17

#201b19

#1e1b1a

#1d1c1b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f16 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#202016 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#231717 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #231915;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#231915]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Sienna #a0522d

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#231915 (#231915) is rgb(35, 25, 21) in RGB.

No, #231915 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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