#172D44#172D44

#172D44 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.051 H 250.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172D44
RGB	rgb(23, 45, 68)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, -0.39, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 17.06, 268.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.1% -0.0166 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(29.1% 0.051 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.3347, 2.4761, 5.8226)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172D44 #442E17

analogous

#174344 #172D44 #171744

triadic

#172D44 #44172D #2D4417

tetradic

#172D44 #441743 #442E17 #174417

square

#172D44 #441743 #442E17 #174417

split-complementary

#172D44 #441717 #434417

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #172D44 #264B72 #366A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#172D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#172D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172D44

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172D44	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 45, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.051 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596578',
    500: '#172d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172d44;
$custom-light: #596578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29099,
    "c": 0.05084,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172D44

secondary

#7B5C3C

accent

#954FD9

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172D44

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

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