#170E36#170E36

#170E36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.074 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E36
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 54)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.89, 16.99, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.89, 29.88, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(20.42% 0.0234 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(20.42% 0.074 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.1760, 0.7625, 3.5745)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.71

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E36 #2D360E

analogous

#0E1936 #170E36 #2B0E36

triadic

#170E36 #36170E #0E3617

tetradic

#170E36 #360E19 #2D360E #0E362B

square

#170E36 #360E19 #2D360E #0E362B

split-complementary

#170E36 #362B0E #19360E

monochromatic

#0A0618 #0A0618 #170E36 #2C1B67 #402797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.22

#170E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#170E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E36

18.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E36	1.00	18.22	1.15	18.22
#FFFFFF	18.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C1820

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.074 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574d6d',
    500: '#170e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e36;
$custom-light: #574d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20416,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E36

secondary

#62712F

accent

#E246BF

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E36

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

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