#170E39#170E39

#170E39 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.079 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E39
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 57)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.15, 18.19, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.15, 32.01, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(20.71% 0.0231 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(20.71% 0.079 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2487, 0.7916, 3.9571)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E39 #30390E

analogous

#0E1B39 #170E39 #2D0E39

triadic

#170E39 #39170E #0E3917

tetradic

#170E39 #390E1B #30390E #0E392D

square

#170E39 #390E1B #30390E #0E392D

split-complementary

#170E39 #392D0E #1B390E

monochromatic

#0A0619 #0A0619 #170E39 #2B1A6A #3F269B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#170E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#170E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E39

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E39	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00173A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A1921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.079 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584d70',
    500: '#170e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e39;
$custom-light: #584d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.558,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20713,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E39

secondary

#65742F

accent

#E444C2

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E39

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

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