#17042E#17042E

#17042E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.7% C 0.080 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17042E
RGB	rgb(23, 4, 46)
HSL	hsl(267, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(267, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 91.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.21, 18.26, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.21, 29.33, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(17.7% 0.0391 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(17.7% 0.08 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.8898, 0.4662, 2.6274)
Luminance	0.0047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.48

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17042E #1B2E04

analogous

#04062E #17042E #2C042E

triadic

#17042E #2E1704 #042E17

tetradic

#17042E #2E0406 #1B2E04 #042E2C

square

#17042E #2E0406 #1B2E04 #042E2C

split-complementary

#17042E #2E2C04 #062E04

monochromatic

#0E021C #0E021C #17042E #330966 #4F0E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.21

#17042E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#17042E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17042E

19.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17042E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17042E	1.00	19.21	1.09	19.21
#FFFFFF	19.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17042e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 4, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.7% 0.080 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554867',
    500: '#17042e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17042e;
$custom-light: #554867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17042e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.143,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17701,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17042E

secondary

#4B711D

accent

#FA2E9E

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #17042E

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

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