#172189#172189

#172189 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.168 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172189
RGB	rgb(23, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(235, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(235, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.34, 35.69, -58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.34, 68.19, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% -0.0029 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.168 269)
XYZ	xyz(5.4110, 3.0754, 23.9705)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172189 #897F17

analogous

#175A89 #172189 #461789

triadic

#172189 #891721 #218917

tetradic

#172189 #89175A #897F17 #178946

square

#172189 #89175A #897F17 #178946

split-complementary

#172189 #894617 #5A8917

monochromatic

#050820 #0E1455 #172189 #202EBD #3C4ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#172189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#172189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172189

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172189	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.168 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5dad',
    500: '#172189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172189;
$custom-light: #6b5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.737,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32816,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.03076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172189

secondary

#BDB23F

accent

#DE3AEE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #172189

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

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