#17168B#17168B

#17168B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.181 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17168B
RGB	rgb(23, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(241, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(241, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 42.52, -62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 75.58, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% -0.0002 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.181 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2989, 2.6194, 24.6474)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17168B #8A8B16

analogous

#16508B #17168B #52168B

triadic

#17168B #8B1716 #168B17

tetradic

#17168B #8B1650 #8A8B16 #168B52

square

#17168B #8B1650 #8A8B16 #168B52

split-complementary

#17168B #8B5216 #508B16

monochromatic

#060521 #0E0E56 #17168B #201EC0 #3D3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#17168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#17168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17168B

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17168B	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.181 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d57ae',
    500: '#17168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17168b;
$custom-light: #6d57ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.513,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31554,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17168B

secondary

#BEBF3E

accent

#EF38EE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17168B

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

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