#172C46#172C46

#172C46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.055 H 254.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172C46
RGB	rgb(23, 44, 70)
HSL	hsl(213, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.58, 1.12, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.58, 18.82, 273.40°)
OKLab	oklab(28.96% -0.0146 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(28.96% 0.055 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.3591, 2.4255, 6.1370)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172C46 #463117

analogous

#174346 #172C46 #191746

triadic

#172C46 #46172C #2C4617

tetradic

#172C46 #461743 #463117 #174619

square

#172C46 #461743 #463117 #174619

split-complementary

#172C46 #461917 #434617

monochromatic

#080E17 #080F18 #172C46 #264974 #3566A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#172C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#172C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172C46

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172C46	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 44, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.055 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596479',
    500: '#172c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172c46;
$custom-light: #596479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.191,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28955,
    "c": 0.05507,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172C46

secondary

#7D603C

accent

#9B4EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172C46

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

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