#172276#172276

#172276 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.142 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172276
RGB	rgb(23, 34, 118)
HSL	hsl(233, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(233, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 27.93, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 56.46, 299.64°)
OKLab	oklab(30.88% -0.001 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(30.88% 0.142 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1943, 2.6338, 17.4233)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172276 #766B17

analogous

#175176 #172276 #3C1776

triadic

#172276 #761722 #227617

tetradic

#172276 #761751 #766B17 #17763C

square

#172276 #761751 #766B17 #17763C

split-complementary

#172276 #763C17 #517617

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1343 #172276 #2131A9 #3144D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#172276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#172276 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172276

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172276	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 34, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.142 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665d9e',
    500: '#172276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172276;
$custom-light: #665d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.053,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30883,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172276

secondary

#AB9F3E

accent

#D63EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172276

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

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