#20172B#20172B

#20172B is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.040 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#20172B
RGB	rgb(32, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(267, 30%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 46.5%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.75, 9.72, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.75, 15.35, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(22.59% 0.0223 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(22.59% 0.04 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3380, 1.0943, 2.4258)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#20172B #222B17

analogous

#17182B #20172B #2A172B

triadic

#20172B #2B2017 #172B20

tetradic

#20172B #2B1718 #222B17 #172B2A

square

#20172B #2B1718 #222B17 #172B2A

split-complementary

#20172B #2B2A17 #182B17

monochromatic

#0F0B14 #0F0B14 #20172B #3E2C53 #5B427B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.23

#20172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#20172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #20172B

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##20172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##20172B	1.00	17.23	1.22	17.23
#FFFFFF	17.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E1A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #20172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.040 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5464',
    500: '#20172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #20172b;
$custom-light: #5c5464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#20172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 30.303,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22589,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#20172B

secondary

#51603E

accent

#C76199

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040205

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #20172B

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

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