#172A44#172A44

#172A44 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.054 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172A44
RGB	rgb(23, 42, 68)
HSL	hsl(215, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 38.2%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 1.75, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 18.77, 275.36°)
OKLab	oklab(28.29% -0.0126 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(28.29% 0.054 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.2243, 2.2552, 5.7858)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172A44 #443117

analogous

#174044 #172A44 #1A1744

triadic

#172A44 #44172A #2A4417

tetradic

#172A44 #441740 #443117 #17441A

square

#172A44 #441740 #443117 #17441A

split-complementary

#172A44 #441A17 #404417

monochromatic

#080E17 #080E17 #172A44 #264672 #36629F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#172A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#172A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172A44

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172A44	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 42, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.054 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596378',
    500: '#172a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172a44;
$custom-light: #596378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28288,
    "c": 0.0543,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172A44

secondary

#7B603C

accent

#9F4FD9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172A44

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

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