#172C49#172C49

#172C49 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.060 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172C49
RGB	rgb(23, 44, 73)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.76, 2.32, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.76, 20.69, 276.45°)
OKLab	oklab(29.15% -0.0137 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(29.15% 0.06 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.4562, 2.4643, 6.6483)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172C49 #493417

analogous

#174549 #172C49 #1B1749

triadic

#172C49 #49172C #2C4917

tetradic

#172C49 #491745 #493417 #17491B

square

#172C49 #491745 #493417 #17491B

split-complementary

#172C49 #491B17 #454917

monochromatic

#070E17 #08101A #172C49 #264878 #3464A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#172C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#172C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172C49

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172C49	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 44, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.060 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a647c',
    500: '#172c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172c49;
$custom-light: #5a647c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29153,
    "c": 0.05983,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172C49

secondary

#80633C

accent

#9F4CDC

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172C49

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

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