#172A42#172A42

#172A42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.051 H 254.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172A42
RGB	rgb(23, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(213, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 0.96, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 17.52, 273.13°)
OKLab	oklab(28.16% -0.0133 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(28.16% 0.051 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1643, 2.2313, 5.4698)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172A42 #422F17

analogous

#174042 #172A42 #191742

triadic

#172A42 #42172A #2A4217

tetradic

#172A42 #421740 #422F17 #174219

square

#172A42 #421740 #422F17 #174219

split-complementary

#172A42 #421917 #404217

monochromatic

#080E17 #080E17 #172A42 #27476F #37649D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#172A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#172A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172A42

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172A42	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.051 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586376',
    500: '#172a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172a42;
$custom-light: #586376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28158,
    "c": 0.05109,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172A42

secondary

#795E3C

accent

#9C50D8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172A42

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

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