#170850

Color #170850

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#170850

RGB

rgb(23, 8, 80)

HSL

hsl(252.5, 81.8%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.5, 90%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.2%, 90%, 0%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(8.44, 30.07, -40.46)

LCH

lch(8.44, 50.41, 306.62)

OKLCH

oklch(22.4%, 0.1188, 280.52)

HWB

hwb(252.5, 3.1%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#415008

Analogous

#081d50

#170850

#3b0850

Triadic

#170850

#501708

#085017

Split-complementary

#170850

#503b08

#1d5008

Tetradic

#170850

#500841

#415008

#085017

Square

#170850

#50081d

#415008

#08503b

Shades

Color #170850 mixed toward black.

#130743

#0f0535

#0c0428

#08031b

#04010d

Tints

Color #170850 mixed toward white.

#290e90

#3c15d0

#633fec

#977ff2

#cbbff9

Tones

Color #170850 mixed toward gray.

#1b0e4a

#1e1444

#221a3e

#252038

#292632

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.19:1

White text reads better on this background (17.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#121246 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#121343 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#163d3b · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #170850;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#170850]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#170850 (#170850) is rgb(23, 8, 80) in RGB.

No, #170850 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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