#170E40#170E40

#170E40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.090 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E40
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 64)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.83, 20.90, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.83, 36.77, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(21.44% 0.0219 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(21.44% 0.09 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4355, 0.8663, 4.9411)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 4.28

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E40 #37400E

analogous

#0E1E40 #170E40 #300E40

triadic

#170E40 #40170E #0E4017

tetradic

#170E40 #400E1E #37400E #0E4030

square

#170E40 #400E1E #37400E #0E4030

split-complementary

#170E40 #40300E #1E400E

monochromatic

#090519 #090519 #170E40 #291972 #3B24A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.90

#170E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#170E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E40

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E40	1.00	17.90	1.17	17.90
#FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00163F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#041B25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.090 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4d75',
    500: '#170e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e40;
$custom-light: #5a4d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2144,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E40

secondary

#6D7B2F

accent

#E741C9

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E40

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

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