#172565#172565

#172565 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.114 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172565
RGB	rgb(23, 37, 101)
HSL	hsl(229, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(229, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 19.04, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 43.78, 295.77°)
OKLab	oklab(29.76% -0.0022 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(29.76% 0.114 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3631, 2.4445, 12.6040)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172565 #655717

analogous

#174C65 #172565 #301765

triadic

#172565 #651725 #256517

tetradic

#172565 #65174C #655717 #176530

square

#172565 #65174C #655717 #176530

split-complementary

#172565 #653017 #4C6517

monochromatic

#060919 #0C1333 #172565 #223797 #2E4AC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#172565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#172565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172565

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172565	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 37, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.114 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615f91',
    500: '#172565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172565;
$custom-light: #615f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29755,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172565

secondary

#9B8A3C

accent

#C842E6

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172565

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

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