#170E37#170E37

#170E37 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.5% C 0.076 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E37
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 55)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.97, 17.40, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.97, 30.60, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(20.51% 0.0233 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(20.51% 0.076 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.1998, 0.7720, 3.6995)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.75

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E37 #2E370E

analogous

#0E1937 #170E37 #2B0E37

triadic

#170E37 #37170E #0E3717

tetradic

#170E37 #370E19 #2E370E #0E372B

square

#170E37 #370E19 #2E370E #0E372B

split-complementary

#170E37 #372B0E #19370E

monochromatic

#0A0618 #0A0618 #170E37 #2B1A68 #402799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.19

#170E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#170E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E37

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E37	1.00	18.19	1.15	18.19
#FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C1820

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.5% 0.076 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584d6e',
    500: '#170e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e37;
$custom-light: #584d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20514,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E37

secondary

#63722F

accent

#E345C0

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E37

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

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