#170D48#170D48

#170D48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.103 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170D48
RGB	rgb(23, 13, 72)
HSL	hsl(250, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 81.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.46, 24.46, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.46, 42.59, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(22.16% 0.0209 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(22.16% 0.103 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6666, 0.9378, 6.2228)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170D48 #3E480D

analogous

#0D2148 #170D48 #350D48

triadic

#170D48 #48170D #0D4817

tetradic

#170D48 #480D21 #3E480D #0D4835

square

#170D48 #480D21 #3E480D #0D4835

split-complementary

#170D48 #48350D #21480D

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #170D48 #28167C #3820B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.68

#170D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#170D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170D48

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170D48	1.00	17.68	1.19	17.68
#FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 13, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.103 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4d7c',
    500: '#170d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170d48;
$custom-light: #5c4d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2216,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170D48

secondary

#75832D

accent

#EC3CCE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170D48

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

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