#172672#172672

#172672 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.132 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172672
RGB	rgb(23, 38, 114)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.15, 23.59, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.15, 51.21, 297.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% -0.0032 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.132 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0827, 2.7828, 16.2383)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172672 #726317

analogous

#175472 #172672 #361772

triadic

#172672 #721726 #267217

tetradic

#172672 #721754 #726317 #177236

square

#172672 #721754 #726317 #177236

split-complementary

#172672 #723617 #547217

monochromatic

#050819 #0D153F #172672 #2137A5 #2E4AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#172672 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#172672 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172672

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172672	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172672	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172672;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 38, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.132 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64609b',
    500: '#172672',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172672;
$custom-light: #64609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172672",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.11,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31229,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172672

secondary

#A8963D

accent

#CD3EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172672

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

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