#170D46#170D46

#170D46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.100 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170D46
RGB	rgb(23, 13, 70)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 81.4%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.24, 23.74, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.24, 41.33, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(21.93% 0.0214 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(21.93% 0.1 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.6024, 0.9121, 5.8848)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170D46 #3C460D

analogous

#0D2046 #170D46 #340D46

triadic

#170D46 #46170D #0D4617

tetradic

#170D46 #460D20 #3C460D #0D4634

square

#170D46 #460D20 #3C460D #0D4634

split-complementary

#170D46 #46340D #20460D

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #170D46 #28177A #3920AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.76

#170D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#170D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170D46

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170D46	1.00	17.76	1.18	17.76
#FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 13, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.100 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4d7a',
    500: '#170d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170d46;
$custom-light: #5b4d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21933,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170D46

secondary

#73812D

accent

#EC3CCD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170D46

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

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