#172736#172736

#172736 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.036 H 247.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172736
RGB	rgb(23, 39, 54)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.95, -1.52, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.95, 11.89, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(26.6% -0.0135 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(26.6% 0.036 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7445, 1.8994, 3.7640)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172736 #362617

analogous

#173635 #172736 #171736

triadic

#172736 #361727 #273617

tetradic

#172736 #351736 #362617 #173617

square

#172736 #351736 #362617 #173617

split-complementary

#172736 #361717 #363517

monochromatic

#090F15 #090F15 #172736 #294661 #3C658C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#172736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#172736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172736

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172736	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 39, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.036 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56606d',
    500: '#172736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172736;
$custom-light: #56606d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26604,
    "c": 0.03554,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172736

secondary

#6C543D

accent

#9258D0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #172736

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

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