#172472#172472

#172472 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.134 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172472
RGB	rgb(23, 36, 114)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(231, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 68.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 24.99, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 52.64, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(30.84% -0.0019 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(30.84% 0.134 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0204, 2.6584, 16.2176)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172472 #726517

analogous

#175272 #172472 #381772

triadic

#172472 #721724 #247217

tetradic

#172472 #721752 #726517 #177238

square

#172472 #721752 #726517 #177238

split-complementary

#172472 #723817 #527217

monochromatic

#050819 #0D143F #172472 #2134A5 #2E46D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#172472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#172472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172472

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172472	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 36, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.134 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655e9b',
    500: '#172472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172472;
$custom-light: #655e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30838,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172472

secondary

#A8983D

accent

#D13EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172472

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

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