#1a171b

Color #1a171b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 8.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#1a171b

RGB

rgb(26, 23, 27)

HSL

hsl(285, 8%, 9.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 14.8%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(8.23, 2.5, -2.27)

LCH

lch(8.23, 3.38, 317.76)

OKLCH

oklch(21%, 0.0091, 317.68)

HWB

hwb(285, 9%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181b17

Analogous

#18171b

#1a171b

#1b171a

Triadic

#1a171b

#1b1a17

#171b1a

Split-complementary

#1a171b

#1a1b17

#171b18

Tetradic

#1a171b

#1b1718

#181b17

#171b1a

Square

#1a171b

#1b1817

#181b17

#171a1b

Shades

Color #1a171b mixed toward black.

#161316

#110f12

#0d0b0d

#090809

#040404

Tints

Color #1a171b mixed toward white.

#423a44

#6a5e6e

#918395

#b5acb8

#dad6dc

Tones

Color #1a171b mixed toward gray.

#1a171b

#1a181a

#19181a

#191919

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.18:1

White text reads better on this background (17.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#19191a · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#19191a · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#1a1919 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#181818 · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a171b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a171b]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#1a171b (#1a171b) is rgb(26, 23, 27) in RGB.

No, #1a171b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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