#17112D#17112D

#17112D is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.054 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17112D
RGB	rgb(23, 17, 45)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(253, 62%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.98, 11.51, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.98, 21.20, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(20.24% 0.0191 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(20.24% 0.054 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.0273, 0.7725, 2.5771)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17112D #272D11

analogous

#11192D #17112D #25112D

triadic

#17112D #2D1711 #112D17

tetradic

#17112D #2D1119 #272D11 #112D25

square

#17112D #2D1119 #272D11 #112D25

split-complementary

#17112D #2D2511 #192D11

monochromatic

#0B0816 #0B0816 #17112D #2E2259 #443386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.19

#17112D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#17112D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17112D

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17112D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17112D	1.00	18.19	1.15	18.19
#FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06162E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07152C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11171C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17112d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 17, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.054 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554f66',
    500: '#17112d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17112d;
$custom-light: #554f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17112d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20245,
    "c": 0.05415,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17112D

secondary

#5B6535

accent

#D553B9

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #17112D

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

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