#172D38#172D38

#172D38 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.035 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172D38
RGB	rgb(23, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.20, -4.94, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.20, 10.91, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% -0.0215 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.035 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0053, 2.3443, 4.0874)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172D38 #382217

analogous

#173832 #172D38 #171C38

triadic

#172D38 #38172D #2D3817

tetradic

#172D38 #321738 #382217 #1C3817

square

#172D38 #321738 #382217 #1C3817

split-complementary

#172D38 #38171C #383217

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #172D38 #295063 #3B738F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#172D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#172D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172D38

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172D38	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#063031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.035 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#57656e',
    500: '#172d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172d38;
$custom-light: #57656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28416,
    "c": 0.03451,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172D38

secondary

#6E4D3C

accent

#7F56D2

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #172D38

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

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