#170A48#170A48

#170A48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.106 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170A48
RGB	rgb(23, 10, 72)
HSL	hsl(253, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(253, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 86.1%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.83, 26.25, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.83, 44.47, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(21.72% 0.0232 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(21.72% 0.106 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6312, 0.8670, 6.2110)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170A48 #3B480A

analogous

#0A1C48 #170A48 #360A48

triadic

#170A48 #48170A #0A4817

tetradic

#170A48 #480A1C #3B480A #0A4836

square

#170A48 #480A1C #3B480A #0A4836

split-complementary

#170A48 #48360A #1C480A

monochromatic

#09041B #09041B #170A48 #28117E #3919B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.90

#170A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170A48

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170A48	1.00	17.90	1.17	17.90
#FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 10, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.106 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7c',
    500: '#170a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170a48;
$custom-light: #5c4b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.581,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21717,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170A48

secondary

#728529

accent

#F236CB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170A48

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

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