#172772#172772

#172772 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.130 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172772
RGB	rgb(23, 39, 114)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 65.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 22.89, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 50.49, 296.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.43% -0.0038 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(31.43% 0.13 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1151, 2.8476, 16.2491)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172772 #726217

analogous

#175572 #172772 #351772

triadic

#172772 #721727 #277217

tetradic

#172772 #721755 #726217 #177235

square

#172772 #721755 #726217 #177235

split-complementary

#172772 #723517 #557217

monochromatic

#050919 #0D163F #172772 #2138A5 #2E4CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#172772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#172772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172772

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172772	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 39, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.130 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64619b',
    500: '#172772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172772;
$custom-light: #64619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.451,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31428,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172772

secondary

#A8953D

accent

#CB3EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172772

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

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