#172474#172474

#172474 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.137 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172474
RGB	rgb(23, 36, 116)
HSL	hsl(232, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(232, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 69%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.82, 25.78, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.82, 53.86, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% -0.002 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.137 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1355, 2.7044, 16.8237)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172474 #746717

analogous

#175374 #172474 #391774

triadic

#172474 #741724 #247417

tetradic

#172474 #741753 #746717 #177439

square

#172474 #741753 #746717 #177439

split-complementary

#172474 #743917 #537417

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1441 #172474 #2134A7 #3047D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#172474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#172474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172474

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172474	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 36, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.137 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655e9d',
    500: '#172474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172474;
$custom-light: #655e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.613,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31044,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172474

secondary

#A99A3D

accent

#D23EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172474

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

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