#17236E#17236E

#17236E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.130 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17236E
RGB	rgb(23, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(232, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 24.10, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 50.89, 298.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.24% -0.001 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(30.24% 0.13 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7679, 2.5096, 15.0347)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17236E #6E6217

analogous

#174E6E #17236E #36176E

triadic

#17236E #6E1723 #236E17

tetradic

#17236E #6E174E #6E6217 #176E36

square

#17236E #6E174E #6E6217 #176E36

split-complementary

#17236E #6E3617 #4E6E17

monochromatic

#050819 #0C133B #17236E #2233A1 #2C43D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#17236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#17236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17236E

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17236E	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.130 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645d98',
    500: '#17236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17236e;
$custom-light: #645d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30235,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17236E

secondary

#A4963D

accent

#D13FE8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17236E

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

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