#2f173a

Color #2f173a

A moderately saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 29.32 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2f173a

RGB

rgb(47, 23, 58)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 43.2%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 60.3%, 22.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 60.3%, 0%, 77.3%)

LAB

lab(12.75, 19.47, -17.89)

LCH

lch(12.75, 26.44, 317.42)

OKLCH

oklch(25.6%, 0.0695, 314.13)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 9%, 77.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#223a17

Analogous

#1e173a

#2f173a

#3a1734

Triadic

#2f173a

#3a2f17

#173a2f

Split-complementary

#2f173a

#343a17

#173a1e

Tetradic

#2f173a

#3a1722

#223a17

#173a2f

Square

#2f173a

#3a1e17

#223a17

#17343a

Shades

Color #2f173a mixed toward black.

#271330

#1f0f27

#180c1d

#100813

#08040a

Tints

Color #2f173a mixed toward white.

#582b6d

#8240a0

#a565c2

#c399d6

#e1cceb

Tones

Color #2f173a mixed toward gray.

#2e1a37

#2d1d34

#2c2031

#2b232e

#2a262b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.3:1

White text reads better on this background (16.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262634 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#282932 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#2e2e2d · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f173a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f173a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#2f173a (#2f173a) is rgb(47, 23, 58) in RGB.

No, #2f173a 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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