#172C48#172C48

#172C48 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.058 H 256.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172C48
RGB	rgb(23, 44, 72)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 38.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.70, 1.92, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.70, 20.06, 275.49°)
OKLab	oklab(29.09% -0.014 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(29.09% 0.058 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.4233, 2.4512, 6.4751)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172C48 #483317

analogous

#174448 #172C48 #1A1748

triadic

#172C48 #48172C #2C4817

tetradic

#172C48 #481744 #483317 #17481A

square

#172C48 #481744 #483317 #17481A

split-complementary

#172C48 #481A17 #444817

monochromatic

#070E17 #08101A #172C48 #264876 #3565A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#172C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#172C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172C48

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172C48	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 44, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.058 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59647b',
    500: '#172c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172c48;
$custom-light: #59647b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29086,
    "c": 0.05823,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172C48

secondary

#7F623C

accent

#9E4DDB

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172C48

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

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