#172272#172272

#172272 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.137 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172272
RGB	rgb(23, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(233, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(233, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 26.37, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 54.05, 299.20°)
OKLab	oklab(30.46% -0.0006 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(30.46% 0.137 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9616, 2.5407, 16.1979)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172272 #726717

analogous

#175072 #172272 #3A1772

triadic

#172272 #721722 #227217

tetradic

#172272 #721750 #726717 #17723A

square

#172272 #721750 #726717 #17723A

split-complementary

#172272 #723A17 #507217

monochromatic

#050819 #0D133F #172272 #2131A5 #2E43D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#172272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#172272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172272

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172272	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.137 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655d9b',
    500: '#172272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172272;
$custom-light: #655d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.747,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30459,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172272

secondary

#A89B3D

accent

#D53EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172272

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

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