#170944#170944

#170944 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.102 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170944
RGB	rgb(23, 9, 68)
HSL	hsl(254, 77%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(254, 87%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 86.8%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.18, 25.34, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.18, 42.53, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(21.1% 0.0254 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(21.1% 0.102 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4941, 0.7948, 5.5424)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170944 #364409

analogous

#091944 #170944 #340944

triadic

#170944 #441709 #094417

tetradic

#170944 #440919 #364409 #094434

square

#170944 #440919 #364409 #094434

split-complementary

#170944 #443409 #194409

monochromatic

#09041B #09041B #170944 #29107A #3C17B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.12

#170944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#170944 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170944

18.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170944	1.00	18.12	1.16	18.12
#FFFFFF	18.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#011A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 9, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.102 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4a79',
    500: '#170944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170944;
$custom-light: #5b4a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21098,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170944

secondary

#6C8227

accent

#F335C6

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170944

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

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