#170E42#170E42

#170E42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.093 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E42
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(250, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.03, 21.64, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.03, 38.08, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(21.66% 0.0215 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(21.66% 0.093 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4935, 0.8895, 5.2462)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E42 #39420E

analogous

#0E1F42 #170E42 #310E42

triadic

#170E42 #42170E #0E4217

tetradic

#170E42 #420E1F #39420E #0E4231

square

#170E42 #420E1F #39420E #0E4231

split-complementary

#170E42 #42310E #1F420E

monochromatic

#090519 #090519 #170E42 #291974 #3A23A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.83

#170E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#170E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E42

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E42	1.00	17.83	1.18	17.83
#FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.093 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4d77',
    500: '#170e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e42;
$custom-light: #5a4d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21656,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E42

secondary

#6F7D2F

accent

#E840CB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E42

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

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