#172372#172372

#172372 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.135 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172372
RGB	rgb(23, 35, 114)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(232, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 69.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.36, 25.68, -46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.36, 53.34, 298.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% -0.0012 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.135 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9906, 2.5987, 16.2076)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172372 #726617

analogous

#175172 #172372 #391772

triadic

#172372 #721723 #237217

tetradic

#172372 #721751 #726617 #177239

square

#172372 #721751 #726617 #177239

split-complementary

#172372 #723917 #517217

monochromatic

#050819 #0D133F #172372 #2133A5 #2E44D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#172372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#172372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172372

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172372	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 35, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.135 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655e9b',
    500: '#172372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172372;
$custom-light: #655e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.088,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30647,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172372

secondary

#A89A3D

accent

#D33EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172372

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

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