#17236D#17236D

#17236D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.128 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17236D
RGB	rgb(23, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(232, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 23.70, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 50.27, 298.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.13% -0.0009 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(30.13% 0.128 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7138, 2.4879, 14.7495)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17236D #6D6117

analogous

#174E6D #17236D #36176D

triadic

#17236D #6D1723 #236D17

tetradic

#17236D #6D174E #6D6117 #176D36

square

#17236D #6D174E #6D6117 #176D36

split-complementary

#17236D #6D3617 #4E6D17

monochromatic

#050819 #0C133A #17236D #2233A0 #2C43D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#17236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#17236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17236D

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17236D	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.128 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635d98',
    500: '#17236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17236d;
$custom-light: #635d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30133,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17236D

secondary

#A3953D

accent

#D140E8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17236D

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

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