#17211F

Closest named color: Jet (#212529). oklch(23.7% 0.015 181.4), rgb(23, 33, 31).

White text reads best on this color (16.48:1).

About this color

#17211F is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 24%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Jet (#212529), ΔE 0.028 away. White text reads best on it, at 16.48:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (24%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Jet (#212529)
Black text	1.27:1
White text	16.48:1

Values

HEX	#17211F
RGB	rgb(23, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(168, 18%, 11%)
OKLCH	oklch(23.7% 0.015 181.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #17211F	16.48:1	AAA	Lc -105.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #17211F	1.27:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#17211F text on white	16.48:1	AAA	Lc 103.4	Preferred for body text
#17211F text on black	1.27:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 950.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F5

oklch(97.1% 0.002 165.1)
Step 100
100

#E6EBEA

oklch(93.6% 0.006 183)
Step 200
200

#D3DBD9

oklch(88.5% 0.009 179.6)
Step 300
300

#B5C4C1

oklch(80.8% 0.017 182.6)
Step 400
400

#8EA7A2

oklch(70.8% 0.029 182)
Step 500
500

#72918B

oklch(63.1% 0.036 182)
Step 600
600

#5A7B75

oklch(55.6% 0.039 182.4)
Step 700
700

#4A6862

oklch(49.2% 0.036 181)
Step 800
800

#3D5550

oklch(42.8% 0.03 180.5)
Step 900
900

#344642

oklch(37.7% 0.024 179.8)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#17211F

oklch(23.7% 0.015 181.4)

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#17211F with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#20201F	0.016
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#1E1E1F	0.015
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#142120	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#1F1F1F	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #17211F, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #17211F in your product

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