#172C44#172C44

#172C44 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.052 H 252.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172C44
RGB	rgb(23, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(212, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 0.32, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 17.60, 271.04°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% -0.0153 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.052 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2970, 2.4007, 5.8100)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172C44 #442F17

analogous

#174244 #172C44 #181744

triadic

#172C44 #44172C #2C4417

tetradic

#172C44 #441742 #442F17 #174418

square

#172C44 #441742 #442F17 #174418

split-complementary

#172C44 #441817 #424417

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #172C44 #264A72 #36679F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#172C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#172C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172C44

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172C44	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.052 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596478',
    500: '#172c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172c44;
$custom-light: #596478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28827,
    "c": 0.05194,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172C44

secondary

#7B5E3C

accent

#994FD9

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172C44

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

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