#20172A#20172A

#20172A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.038 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#20172A
RGB	rgb(32, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(268, 29%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 45.2%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.70, 9.42, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.70, 14.66, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(22.53% 0.022 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(22.53% 0.038 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3199, 1.0870, 2.3303)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#20172A #212A17

analogous

#17172A #20172A #29172A

triadic

#20172A #2A2017 #172A20

tetradic

#20172A #2A1717 #212A17 #172A29

square

#20172A #2A1717 #212A17 #172A29

split-complementary

#20172A #2A2917 #172A17

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #20172A #3E2D52 #5C4279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.25

#20172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#20172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #20172A

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##20172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##20172A	1.00	17.25	1.22	17.25
#FFFFFF	17.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #20172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.038 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5463',
    500: '#20172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #20172a;
$custom-light: #5b5463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#20172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22527,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#20172A

secondary

#4F5E3E

accent

#C56297

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040205

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #20172A

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

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