#170843#170843

#170843 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.102 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170843
RGB	rgb(23, 8, 67)
HSL	hsl(255, 79%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(255, 88%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 88.1%, 0%, 73.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.87, 25.50, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.87, 42.46, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(20.83% 0.0266 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(20.83% 0.102 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4530, 0.7610, 5.3794)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170843 #344308

analogous

#081743 #170843 #350843

triadic

#170843 #431708 #084317

tetradic

#170843 #430817 #344308 #084335

square

#170843 #430817 #344308 #084335

split-complementary

#170843 #433508 #174308

monochromatic

#09031B #09031B #170843 #2A0F7A #3D15B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.23

#170843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#170843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170843

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170843	1.00	18.23	1.15	18.23
#FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 8, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.102 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4978',
    500: '#170843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170843;
$custom-light: #5b4978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2083,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170843

secondary

#6A8125

accent

#F533C4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170843

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

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