#170942#170942

#170942 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.099 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170942
RGB	rgb(23, 9, 66)
HSL	hsl(255, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(255, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 86.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.96, 24.58, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.96, 41.22, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(20.86% 0.026 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(20.86% 0.099 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4341, 0.7708, 5.2264)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170942 #344209

analogous

#091842 #170942 #340942

triadic

#170942 #421709 #094217

tetradic

#170942 #420918 #344209 #094234

square

#170942 #420918 #344209 #094234

split-complementary

#170942 #423409 #184209

monochromatic

#09041B #09041B #170942 #2A1078 #3D18AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.19

#170942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#170942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170942

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170942	1.00	18.19	1.15	18.19
#FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 9, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.099 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4a77',
    500: '#170942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170942;
$custom-light: #5b4a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20863,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170942

secondary

#6A8027

accent

#F335C4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170942

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

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