#170E44#170E44

#170E44 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.096 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170E44
RGB	rgb(23, 14, 68)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(250, 79%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.25, 22.37, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.25, 39.37, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(21.87% 0.021 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(21.87% 0.096 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5535, 0.9135, 5.5622)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170E44 #3B440E

analogous

#0E2044 #170E44 #320E44

triadic

#170E44 #44170E #0E4417

tetradic

#170E44 #440E20 #3B440E #0E4432

square

#170E44 #440E20 #3B440E #0E4432

split-complementary

#170E44 #44320E #20440E

monochromatic

#090519 #090519 #170E44 #281877 #3923AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.75

#170E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#170E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170E44

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170E44	1.00	17.75	1.18	17.75
#FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 14, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.096 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4d78',
    500: '#170e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170e44;
$custom-light: #5b4d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21874,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170E44

secondary

#727F2F

accent

#E93FCC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #170E44

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

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