#170A42#170A42

#170A42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.098 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170A42
RGB	rgb(23, 10, 66)
HSL	hsl(254, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(254, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.16, 24.04, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.16, 40.65, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(21.01% 0.0252 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(21.01% 0.098 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4450, 0.7925, 5.2300)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170A42 #35420A

analogous

#0A1942 #170A42 #330A42

triadic

#170A42 #42170A #0A4217

tetradic

#170A42 #420A19 #35420A #0A4233

square

#170A42 #420A19 #35420A #0A4233

split-complementary

#170A42 #42330A #19420A

monochromatic

#09041B #09041B #170A42 #2A1277 #3C1AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#170A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#170A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170A42

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170A42	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 10, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.098 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b77',
    500: '#170a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170a42;
$custom-light: #5b4b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21012,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170A42

secondary

#6B7F29

accent

#F037C5

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170A42

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

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