All About Color #121717

#121717

About #121717

#121717 is a very dark black color with the hex code #121717. In RGB it is red 18, green 23, blue 23; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 12%, lightness 8%; in CMYK it is 22%, 0%, 0%, 91%. Its contrast ratio is 18.09:1 on white and 1.16:1 on black.

#121717 Color Conversion

Hex triplet12, 17, 17
CMYK21.74%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 90.98%
RGB Decimal18, 23, 23
HSL180°, 12%, 8%
RGB Octal22, 27, 27
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 21.74%, 9.02%
RGB Binary10010, 10111, 10111
CIE-L*AB7.26, -2.17, -0.77
RGB Percent7.06%, 9.02%, 9.02%
CIE-L*CH7.26, 2.30, 199.46
XYZ0.71, 0.80, 0.93
CIE-L*UV7.26, -1.41, -0.30
xyY0.29, 0.33, 0.80
Hunter-Lab8.96, -1.53, 0.13
RYB7.06%, 8.04%, 9.02%

Color Accessibility Scores

#121717 on a dark background: contrast 1.16:1, fails WCAG AA.
#121717 on a light background: contrast 18.09:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #121717, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #121717. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#121717 · #3A4A4A · #0B0E0E · #171212 · #4A3A3A

Analogous palette

#121712 · #121714 · #121717 · #121417 · #121217

Triadic palette

#121717 · #171217 · #171712 · #3A4A4A · #4A3A4A

Tetradic palette

#121717 · #141217 · #171212 · #141712 · #0B0E0E

Monochromatic palette

#0B0E0E · #0B0E0E · #121717 · #344242 · #556D6D

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