#0E172B#0E172B

#0E172B is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.042 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#0E172B
RGB	rgb(14, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(221, 51%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.95, 3.44, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.95, 15.22, 283.07°)
OKLab	oklab(20.76% -0.0039 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(20.76% 0.042 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.9234, 0.8805, 2.4063)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#0E172B #2B220E

analogous

#0E252B #0E172B #130E2B

triadic

#0E172B #2B0E17 #172B0E

tetradic

#0E172B #2B0E25 #2B220E #0E2B13

square

#0E172B #2B0E25 #2B220E #0E2B13

split-complementary

#0E172B #2B130E #252B0E

monochromatic

#080C17 #080C17 #0E172B #1D3059 #2C4887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.85

#0E172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#0E172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #0E172B

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##0E172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##0E172B	1.00	17.85	1.18	17.85
#FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F192C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B162B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #0e172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(14, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.042 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4f5364',
    500: '#0e172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #0e172b;
$custom-light: #4f5364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#0e172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 14,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20763,
    "c": 0.04214,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#0E172B

secondary

#655430

accent

#AF4DDA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020205

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #0E172B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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