#17169F#17169F

#17169F is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.204 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17169F
RGB	rgb(23, 22, 159)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(240, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 48.84, -70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 85.80, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% -0.0046 -0.2042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.204 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8961, 3.2583, 33.0596)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17169F #9E9F16

analogous

#16599F #17169F #5B169F

triadic

#17169F #9F1716 #169F17

tetradic

#17169F #9F1659 #9E9F16 #169F5B

square

#17169F #9F1659 #9E9F16 #169F5B

split-complementary

#17169F #9F5B16 #599F16

monochromatic

#070733 #0F0F69 #17169F #1F1DD5 #4B4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#17169F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#17169F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17169F

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17169F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17169F	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.204 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7359bd',
    500: '#17169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17169f;
$custom-light: #7359bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.438,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34088,
    "c": 0.20423,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17169F

secondary

#C6C74A

accent

#F236F1

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #17169F

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

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