#172C42#172C42

#172C42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.049 H 250.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172C42
RGB	rgb(23, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(211, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, -0.47, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 16.41, 268.37°)
OKLab	oklab(28.7% -0.016 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(28.7% 0.049 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2370, 2.3767, 5.4941)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172C42 #422D17

analogous

#174242 #172C42 #181742

triadic

#172C42 #42172C #2C4217

tetradic

#172C42 #421742 #422D17 #174218

square

#172C42 #421742 #422D17 #174218

split-complementary

#172C42 #421817 #424217

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #172C42 #274A6F #37699D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#172C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#172C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172C42

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172C42	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.049 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586476',
    500: '#172c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172c42;
$custom-light: #586476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.698,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28703,
    "c": 0.04886,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172C42

secondary

#795B3C

accent

#9550D8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172C42

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

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