#17042D#17042D

#17042D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.6% C 0.079 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17042D
RGB	rgb(23, 4, 45)
HSL	hsl(268, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(268, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 91.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.14, 17.79, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.14, 28.53, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(17.59% 0.0395 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(17.59% 0.079 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.8703, 0.4584, 2.5248)
Luminance	0.0046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.50

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17042D #1A2D04

analogous

#04062D #17042D #2C042D

triadic

#17042D #2D1704 #042D17

tetradic

#17042D #2D0406 #1A2D04 #042D2C

square

#17042D #2D0406 #1A2D04 #042D2C

split-complementary

#17042D #2D2C04 #062D04

monochromatic

#0E021C #0E021C #17042D #340965 #500E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.24

#17042D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#17042D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17042D

19.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17042D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17042D	1.00	19.24	1.09	19.24
#FFFFFF	19.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#120E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17042d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 4, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.6% 0.079 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554866',
    500: '#17042d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17042d;
$custom-light: #554866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17042d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17591,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17042D

secondary

#49701D

accent

#FA2E9B

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #17042D

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

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