#170C4B#170C4B

#170C4B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.108 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170C4B
RGB	rgb(23, 12, 75)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 84%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.59, 26.13, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.59, 45.09, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(22.36% 0.0208 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(22.36% 0.108 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7544, 0.9530, 6.7467)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170C4B #404B0C

analogous

#0C214B #170C4B #370C4B

triadic

#170C4B #4B170C #0C4B17

tetradic

#170C4B #4B0C21 #404B0C #0C4B37

square

#170C4B #4B0C21 #404B0C #0C4B37

split-complementary

#170C4B #4B370C #214B0C

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #170C4B #271480 #371DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.64

#170C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#170C4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170C4B

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170C4B	1.00	17.64	1.19	17.64
#FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 12, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.108 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4c7e',
    500: '#170c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170c4b;
$custom-light: #5d4c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22357,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170C4B

secondary

#77872C

accent

#EF39CF

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #170C4B

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

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