#172869#172869

#172869 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.116 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172869
RGB	rgb(23, 40, 105)
HSL	hsl(228, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(228, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 18.50, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 44.13, 294.79°)
OKLab	oklab(30.77% -0.0046 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(30.77% 0.116 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6611, 2.7193, 13.6938)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172869 #695817

analogous

#175169 #172869 #2F1769

triadic

#172869 #691728 #286917

tetradic

#172869 #691751 #695817 #17692F

square

#172869 #691751 #695817 #17692F

split-complementary

#172869 #692F17 #516917

monochromatic

#050A19 #0C1537 #172869 #223B9B #2D4ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#172869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#172869 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172869

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172869	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 40, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.116 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626194',
    500: '#172869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172869;
$custom-light: #626194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.561,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30772,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172869

secondary

#9F8B3D

accent

#C541E7

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #172869

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

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