#170C46#170C46

#170C46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.101 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170C46
RGB	rgb(23, 12, 70)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 83%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.01, 24.37, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.01, 41.99, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(21.78% 0.0223 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(21.78% 0.101 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5900, 0.8872, 5.8806)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170C46 #3B460C

analogous

#0C1E46 #170C46 #340C46

triadic

#170C46 #46170C #0C4617

tetradic

#170C46 #460C1E #3B460C #0C4634

square

#170C46 #460C1E #3B460C #0C4634

split-complementary

#170C46 #46340C #1E460C

monochromatic

#09041A #09041A #170C46 #28157A #391EAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.84

#170C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#170C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170C46

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170C46	1.00	17.84	1.18	17.84
#FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 12, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.101 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4c7a',
    500: '#170c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170c46;
$custom-light: #5b4c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21775,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170C46

secondary

#72822C

accent

#ED3ACC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170C46

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

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