#231a16

Color #231a16

A muted very dark orange.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#231a16

RGB

rgb(35, 26, 22)

HSL

hsl(18.5, 22.8%, 11.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(18.5, 37.1%, 13.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 37.1%, 86.3%)

LAB

lab(10.21, 3.67, 4.48)

LCH

lch(10.21, 5.79, 50.68)

OKLCH

oklch(22.7%, 0.0163, 45.25)

HWB

hwb(18.5, 8.6%, 86.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#161f23

Analogous

#231619

#231a16

#232116

Triadic

#231a16

#16231a

#1a1623

Split-complementary

#231a16

#162321

#161923

Tetradic

#231a16

#1f2316

#161f23

#1a1623

Square

#231a16

#192316

#161f23

#211623

Shades

Color #231a16 mixed toward black.

#1d1612

#17110f

#120d0b

#0c0907

#060404

Tints

Color #231a16 mixed toward white.

#513d33

#805f50

#a88474

#c5ada2

#e2d6d1

Tones

Color #231a16 mixed toward gray.

#221a17

#211b18

#201b19

#1f1c1a

#1e1c1b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.23:1

White text reads better on this background (17.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f17 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#202117 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#231818 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #231a16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#231a16]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#231a16 (#231a16) is rgb(35, 26, 22) in RGB.

No, #231a16 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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