#170936#170936

#170936 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.5% C 0.082 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170936
RGB	rgb(23, 9, 54)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.82, 19.64, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.82, 32.83, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(19.52% 0.0296 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(19.52% 0.082 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.1167, 0.6438, 3.5547)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170936 #283609

analogous

#091136 #170936 #2E0936

triadic

#170936 #361709 #093617

tetradic

#170936 #360911 #283609 #09362E

square

#170936 #360911 #283609 #09362E

split-complementary

#170936 #362E09 #113609

monochromatic

#0B041A #0B041A #170936 #2D126A #441A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.60

#170936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#170936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170936

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170936	1.00	18.60	1.13	18.60
#FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 9, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.5% 0.082 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584a6d',
    500: '#170936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170936;
$custom-light: #584a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19515,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170936

secondary

#5C7427

accent

#EE3AB6

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170936

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

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