#172A35#172A35

#172A35 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.032 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172A35
RGB	rgb(23, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.98, -3.98, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.98, 10.30, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(27.4% -0.0184 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(27.4% 0.032 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8237, 2.0950, 3.6757)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172A35 #352217

analogous

#173531 #172A35 #171B35

triadic

#172A35 #35172A #2A3517

tetradic

#172A35 #311735 #352217 #1B3517

square

#172A35 #311735 #352217 #1B3517

split-complementary

#172A35 #35171B #353117

monochromatic

#091115 #091115 #172A35 #2A4C60 #3C6E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#172A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#172A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172A35

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172A35	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.032 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636c',
    500: '#172a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172a35;
$custom-light: #56636c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.274,
    "c": 0.03217,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172A35

secondary

#6B4E3D

accent

#8458CF

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030506

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #172A35

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

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