#172079#172079

#172079 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.148 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172079
RGB	rgb(23, 32, 121)
HSL	hsl(234, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(234, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 73.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 30.40, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 59.61, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(30.86% -0.0003 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(30.86% 0.148 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3199, 2.5952, 18.3587)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172079 #797017

analogous

#175179 #172079 #3F1779

triadic

#172079 #791720 #207917

tetradic

#172079 #791751 #797017 #17793F

square

#172079 #791751 #797017 #17793F

split-complementary

#172079 #793F17 #517917

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1246 #172079 #212EAC #3242D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#172079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#172079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172079

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172079	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 32, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.148 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ca1',
    500: '#172079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172079;
$custom-light: #675ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.49,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30857,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172079

secondary

#AEA43E

accent

#DB3DEB

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #172079

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

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