#170F36#170F36

#170F36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.073 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170F36
RGB	rgb(23, 15, 54)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.14, 16.37, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.14, 29.20, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(20.61% 0.0221 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(20.61% 0.073 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.1898, 0.7901, 3.5791)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.64

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170F36 #2E360F

analogous

#0F1A36 #170F36 #2A0F36

triadic

#170F36 #36170F #0F3617

tetradic

#170F36 #360F1A #2E360F #0F362A

square

#170F36 #360F1A #2E360F #0F362A

split-complementary

#170F36 #362A0F #1A360F

monochromatic

#0A0718 #0A0718 #170F36 #2B1C66 #402A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#170F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#170F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170F36

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170F36	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)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C1820

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 15, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.073 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574d6d',
    500: '#170f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170f36;
$custom-light: #574d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20614,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170F36

secondary

#637031

accent

#E048C1

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #170F36

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

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