#170E35#170E35

#170E35 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.3% C 0.073 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E35
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 53)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.80, 16.59, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.80, 29.16, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(20.32% 0.0235 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(20.32% 0.073 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1528, 0.7532, 3.4521)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.70

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E35 #2C350E

analogous

#0E1835 #170E35 #2A0E35

triadic

#170E35 #35170E #0E3517

tetradic

#170E35 #350E18 #2C350E #0E352A

square

#170E35 #350E18 #2C350E #0E352A

split-complementary

#170E35 #352A0E #18350E

monochromatic

#0B0618 #0B0618 #170E35 #2C1B65 #412896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.25

#170E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#170E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E35

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E35	1.00	18.25	1.15	18.25
#FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D171F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.3% 0.073 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574d6c',
    500: '#170e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e35;
$custom-light: #574d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20319,
    "c": 0.07285,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E35

secondary

#61702F

accent

#E146BE

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E35

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

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