#172169#172169

#172169 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.125 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172169
RGB	rgb(23, 33, 105)
HSL	hsl(233, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(233, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 23.51, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 49.22, 298.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.33% 0.0007 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(29.33% 0.125 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4461, 2.2894, 13.6221)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172169 #695F17

analogous

#174A69 #172169 #361769

triadic

#172169 #691721 #216917

tetradic

#172169 #69174A #695F17 #176936

square

#172169 #69174A #695F17 #176936

split-complementary

#172169 #693617 #4A6917

monochromatic

#050819 #0C1137 #172169 #22319B #2D41CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#172169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#172169 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172169

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172169	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 33, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.125 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625c95',
    500: '#172169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172169;
$custom-light: #625c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.683,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29334,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172169

secondary

#9F933D

accent

#D341E7

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172169

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

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