#201717#201717

#201717 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.015 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201717
RGB	rgb(32, 23, 23)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(0, 28%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 28.1%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.84, 4.53, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.84, 4.85, 20.93°)
OKLab	oklab(21.58% 0.0139 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(21.58% 0.015 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0567, 0.9818, 0.9443)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201717 #172020

analogous

#20171B #201717 #201B17

triadic

#201717 #172017 #171720

tetradic

#201717 #1B2017 #172020 #1B1720

square

#201717 #1B2017 #172020 #1B1720

split-complementary

#201717 #17201B #171B20

monochromatic

#120D0D #120D0D #201717 #443131 #674A4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.55

#201717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#201717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201717

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201717	1.00	17.55	1.20	17.55
#FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221617

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 23, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.015 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5353',
    500: '#201717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201717;
$custom-light: #5b5353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21585,
    "c": 0.01459,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201717

secondary

#415252

accent

#B9B96F

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #201717

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

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