#170849#170849

#170849 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.110 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170849
RGB	rgb(23, 8, 73)
HSL	hsl(254, 80%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(254, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 89%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.56, 27.72, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.56, 46.28, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(21.56% 0.0244 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(21.56% 0.11 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6424, 0.8367, 6.3770)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170849 #3A4908

analogous

#081949 #170849 #370849

triadic

#170849 #491708 #084917

tetradic

#170849 #490819 #3A4908 #084937

square

#170849 #490819 #3A4908 #084937

split-complementary

#170849 #493708 #194908

monochromatic

#09031C #09031C #170849 #280E80 #3A14B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.99

#170849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170849

17.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170849	1.00	17.99	1.17	17.99
#FFFFFF	17.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 8, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.110 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4a7d',
    500: '#170849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170849;
$custom-light: #5d4a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21558,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170849

secondary

#718726

accent

#F731C9

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #170849

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

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