#170C41#170C41

#170C41 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.2% C 0.094 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170C41
RGB	rgb(23, 12, 65)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(252, 82%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.47, 22.53, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.47, 38.77, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(21.21% 0.0236 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(21.21% 0.094 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4387, 0.8267, 5.0838)
Luminance	0.0083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170C41 #36410C

analogous

#0C1B41 #170C41 #310C41

triadic

#170C41 #41170C #0C4117

tetradic

#170C41 #410C1B #36410C #0C4131

square

#170C41 #410C1B #36410C #0C4131

split-complementary

#170C41 #41310C #1B410C

monochromatic

#09051A #09051A #170C41 #291675 #3C1FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.02

#170C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170C41

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170C41	1.00	18.02	1.17	18.02
#FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 12, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.2% 0.094 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4c76',
    500: '#170c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170c41;
$custom-light: #5a4c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2121,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170C41

secondary

#6C7D2C

accent

#EC3CC7

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170C41

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

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