#170948#170948

#170948 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.107 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170948
RGB	rgb(23, 9, 72)
HSL	hsl(253, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(253, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 87.5%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.64, 26.81, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.64, 45.06, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(21.58% 0.024 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(21.58% 0.107 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6204, 0.8453, 6.2074)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170948 #3A4809

analogous

#091A48 #170948 #360948

triadic

#170948 #481709 #094817

tetradic

#170948 #48091A #3A4809 #094836

square

#170948 #48091A #3A4809 #094836

split-complementary

#170948 #483609 #1A4809

monochromatic

#09031B #09031B #170948 #28107E #3A17B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.96

#170948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170948

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170948	1.00	17.96	1.17	17.96
#FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 9, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.107 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4a7c',
    500: '#170948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170948;
$custom-light: #5c4a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21577,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170948

secondary

#718527

accent

#F434C9

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170948

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

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