#161418

Color #161418

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.31 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#161418

RGB

rgb(22, 20, 24)

HSL

hsl(270, 9.1%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 16.7%, 9.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 90.6%)

LAB

lab(6.66, 1.87, -2.35)

LCH

lch(6.66, 3, 308.51)

OKLCH

oklch(19.5%, 0.0085, 307.82)

HWB

hwb(270, 7.8%, 90.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#161814

Analogous

#141418

#161418

#181418

Triadic

#161418

#181614

#141816

Split-complementary

#161418

#181814

#141814

Tetradic

#161418

#181416

#161814

#141816

Square

#161418

#181414

#161814

#141818

Shades

Color #161418 mixed toward black.

#121114

#0f0d10

#0b0a0c

#070708

#040304

Tints

Color #161418 mixed toward white.

#3d3742

#645b6d

#8a8095

#b1aab8

#d8d5dc

Tones

Color #161418 mixed toward gray.

#161418

#161517

#161616

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.15:1

White text reads better on this background (18.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#151517 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#151517 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#161616 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#151515 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161418;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161418]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#161418 (#161418) is rgb(22, 20, 24) in RGB.

No, #161418 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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