#170B46#170B46

#170B46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.102 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170B46
RGB	rgb(23, 11, 70)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(252, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.80, 24.97, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.80, 42.63, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(21.62% 0.0231 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(21.62% 0.102 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5782, 0.8636, 5.8767)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170B46 #3A460B

analogous

#0B1C46 #170B46 #340B46

triadic

#170B46 #46170B #0B4617

tetradic

#170B46 #460B1C #3A460B #0B4634

square

#170B46 #460B1C #3A460B #0B4634

split-complementary

#170B46 #46340B #1C460B

monochromatic

#09041A #09041A #170B46 #28137B #3A1CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.91

#170B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170B46

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170B46	1.00	17.91	1.17	17.91
#FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 11, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.102 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b7a',
    500: '#170b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170b46;
$custom-light: #5b4b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21624,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170B46

secondary

#71822A

accent

#F038CA

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170B46

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

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