#28172e

Color #28172e

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 21.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#28172e

RGB

rgb(40, 23, 46)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 33.3%, 13.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 50%, 18%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 50%, 0%, 82%)

LAB

lab(11, 13.72, -12.05)

LCH

lch(11, 18.26, 318.71)

OKLCH

oklch(23.8%, 0.0486, 316.92)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 9%, 82%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1d2e17

Analogous

#1c172e

#28172e

#2e1728

Triadic

#28172e

#2e2817

#172e28

Split-complementary

#28172e

#282e17

#172e1c

Tetradic

#28172e

#2e171d

#1d2e17

#172e28

Square

#28172e

#2e1c17

#1d2e17

#17282e

Shades

Color #28172e mixed toward black.

#211326

#1b0f1f

#140b17

#0d080f

#070408

Tints

Color #28172e mixed toward white.

#522f5f

#7d4890

#a26cb5

#c19dce

#e0cee6

Tones

Color #28172e mixed toward gray.

#27192c

#261b2a

#251d28

#241f26

#232124

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.25:1

White text reads better on this background (16.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#22222a · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#232429 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#272625 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #28172e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28172e]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#28172e (#28172e) is rgb(40, 23, 46) in RGB.

No, #28172e 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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