#170C35#170C35

#170C35 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.076 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170C35
RGB	rgb(23, 12, 53)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.34, 17.72, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.34, 30.42, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(19.94% 0.0261 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(19.94% 0.076 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.1272, 0.7021, 3.4436)
Luminance	0.0070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.86

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170C35 #2A350C

analogous

#0C1535 #170C35 #2B0C35

triadic

#170C35 #35170C #0C3517

tetradic

#170C35 #350C15 #2A350C #0C352B

square

#170C35 #350C15 #2A350C #0C352B

split-complementary

#170C35 #352B0C #15350C

monochromatic

#0B0619 #0B0619 #170C35 #2D1767 #422399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.41

#170C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#170C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170C35

18.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170C35	1.00	18.41	1.14	18.41
#FFFFFF	18.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D161F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 12, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.076 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574b6d',
    500: '#170c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170c35;
$custom-light: #574b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19937,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170C35

secondary

#5E712C

accent

#E642BA

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170C35

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

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