#1b1b18

Color #1b1b18

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-900 #171717 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#1b1b18

RGB

rgb(27, 27, 24)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.9%, 10%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 11.1%, 10.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.1%, 89.4%)

LAB

lab(9.66, -0.74, 2.09)

LCH

lch(9.66, 2.22, 109.5)

OKLCH

oklch(22.1%, 0.0058, 107.18)

HWB

hwb(60, 9.4%, 89.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#18181b

Analogous

#1b1a18

#1b1b18

#1a1b18

Triadic

#1b1b18

#181b1b

#1b181b

Split-complementary

#1b1b18

#181a1b

#1a181b

Tetradic

#1b1b18

#181b18

#18181b

#1b181b

Square

#1b1b18

#181b1a

#18181b

#1b181a

Shades

Color #1b1b18 mixed toward black.

#171714

#121210

#0e0e0c

#090908

#050504

Tints

Color #1b1b18 mixed toward white.

#44443c

#6c6c60

#939385

#b7b7ae

#dbdbd6

Tones

Color #1b1b18 mixed toward gray.

#1b1b18

#1a1a19

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1b1b19 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#1b1b19 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#1b1919 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 2.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b1b18;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b1b18]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#1b1b18 (#1b1b18) is rgb(27, 27, 24) in RGB.

No, #1b1b18 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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