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#170D4E

#170d4e ≈ Midnight Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#170d4e is a color from the blue family, with very low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 5.1% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.51% cyan, 83.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black. Its hue angle is 249.23°, with 71.43% saturation and 17.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Midnight Blue (#191970), ΔE 6.17.

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Relative luminance0.0102

Complementary

  1. #170d4e
  2. #444e0d

Split complementary

  1. #170d4e
  2. #4e370d
  3. #234e0d

Analogous

  1. #0d234e
  2. #170d4e
  3. #370d4e

Triadic

  1. #170d4e
  2. #4e170d
  3. #0d4e17

Tetradic

  1. #170d4e
  2. #4e0d44
  3. #444e0d
  4. #0d4e17

Square

  1. #170d4e
  2. #4e0d23
  3. #444e0d
  4. #0d4e37

Monochromatic

  1. #050311
  2. #050311
  3. #170d4e
  4. #2a1890
  5. #3e23d1

Shades

#170d4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #170d4e
  2. #150c46
  3. #120a3e
  4. #100937
  5. #0e082f
  6. #0c0727
  7. #09051f
  8. #070417
  9. #050310
  10. #020108
  11. #000000

Tints

#170d4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #170d4e
  2. #2e2560
  3. #453d71
  4. #5d5683
  5. #746e95
  6. #8b86a7
  7. #a29eb8
  8. #b9b6ca
  9. #d1cfdc
  10. #e8e7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#170d4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #170d4e
  2. #221953
  3. #2c2458
  4. #37305d
  5. #413b62
  6. #4c4767
  7. #56526c
  8. #615e71
  9. #6b6976
  10. #76757b
  11. #808080

Readable text 17.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #1a1a1a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #191536 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #001c50 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #00174d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00202d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #00174f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #00144d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #051a3d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-170d4e {
  color: #170d4e;
}
Background
.bg-170d4e {
  background-color: #170d4e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-170d4e {
  border: 2px solid #170d4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #170d4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 13 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 71% 18%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-170d4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #170d4e, #370d4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-170d4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 13 78 / 0.35);
}

#191970 Midnight Blue ΔE 6.17 #32127a Persian Indigo ΔE 8.10 #000080 Navy ΔE 9.01 #000f89 Phthalo Blue ΔE 9.76 #00008b Dark Blue ΔE 10.31 #002147 Oxford Blue ΔE 10.32 #4b0082 Indigo ΔE 11.46 #e8f2b1 Inverted #1a1a1a Grayscale 

Midnight Blue
#170d4e  rgb(23, 13, 78)  hsl(249, 71%, 18%)  Midnight Blue
#444e0d  rgb(68, 78, 13)  hsl(69, 71%, 18%)  Army Green
#4e170d  rgb(78, 23, 13)  hsl(9, 71%, 18%)  Caput Mortuum
#0d4e17  rgb(13, 78, 23)  hsl(129, 71%, 18%)  Lincoln Green