#0E174B#0E174B

#0E174B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.096 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#0E174B
RGB	rgb(14, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(231, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.66, 17.29, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.66, 37.59, 297.39°)
OKLab	oklab(23.66% -0.0005 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(23.66% 0.096 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7571, 1.2140, 6.7970)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#0E174B #4B420E

analogous

#0E354B #0E174B #240E4B

triadic

#0E174B #4B0E17 #174B0E

tetradic

#0E174B #4B0E35 #4B420E #0E4B24

square

#0E174B #4B0E35 #4B420E #0E4B24

split-complementary

#0E174B #4B240E #354B0E

monochromatic

#05081A #05081A #0E174B #18277F #2137B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.90

#0E174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#0E174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #0E174B

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##0E174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##0E174B	1.00	16.90	1.24	16.90
#FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00204D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #0e174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(14, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.096 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#58537e',
    500: '#0e174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #0e174b;
$custom-light: #58537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#0e174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 14,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.148,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23663,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#0E174B

secondary

#86792F

accent

#D23CEB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #0E174B

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

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