#170946#170946

#170946 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.104 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170946
RGB	rgb(23, 9, 70)
HSL	hsl(254, 77%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(254, 87%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 87.1%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.40, 26.09, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.40, 43.81, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(21.34% 0.0247 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(21.34% 0.105 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5562, 0.8196, 5.8694)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170946 #384609

analogous

#091A46 #170946 #350946

triadic

#170946 #461709 #094617

tetradic

#170946 #46091A #384609 #094635

square

#170946 #46091A #384609 #094635

split-complementary

#170946 #463509 #1A4609

monochromatic

#09031B #09031B #170946 #29107C #3B17B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.04

#170946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#170946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170946

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170946	1.00	18.04	1.16	18.04
#FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 9, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.104 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4a7a',
    500: '#170946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170946;
$custom-light: #5c4a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21336,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170946

secondary

#6E8427

accent

#F434C8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170946

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

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