#172944#172944

#172944 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.056 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172944
RGB	rgb(23, 41, 68)
HSL	hsl(216, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 39.7%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.43, 2.48, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.43, 19.38, 277.34°)
OKLab	oklab(28.02% -0.0113 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(28.02% 0.056 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.1893, 2.1852, 5.7741)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172944 #443217

analogous

#173F44 #172944 #1B1744

triadic

#172944 #441729 #294417

tetradic

#172944 #44173F #443217 #17441B

square

#172944 #44173F #443217 #17441B

split-complementary

#172944 #441B17 #3F4417

monochromatic

#080E17 #080E17 #172944 #264572 #36609F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#172944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#172944 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172944

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172944	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 41, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.056 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596278',
    500: '#172944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172944;
$custom-light: #596278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28021,
    "c": 0.05556,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172944

secondary

#7B623C

accent

#A24FD9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172944

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

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