#172B46#172B46

#172B46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.056 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172B46
RGB	rgb(23, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 38.6%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.24, 1.83, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.24, 19.42, 275.42°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% -0.0133 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.056 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.3223, 2.3519, 6.1247)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172B46 #463217

analogous

#174246 #172B46 #1A1746

triadic

#172B46 #46172B #2B4617

tetradic

#172B46 #461742 #463217 #17461A

square

#172B46 #461742 #463217 #17461A

split-complementary

#172B46 #461A17 #424617

monochromatic

#080E17 #080F18 #172B46 #264774 #3564A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#172B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#172B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172B46

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172B46	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.056 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596479',
    500: '#172b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172b46;
$custom-light: #596479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28687,
    "c": 0.05627,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172B46

secondary

#7D613C

accent

#9E4EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172B46

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

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