#172D46#172D46

#172D46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.054 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172D46
RGB	rgb(23, 45, 70)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.92, 0.40, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.92, 18.25, 271.27°)
OKLab	oklab(29.23% -0.0159 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(29.23% 0.054 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3968, 2.5009, 6.1496)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172D46 #463017

analogous

#174446 #172D46 #181746

triadic

#172D46 #46172D #2D4617

tetradic

#172D46 #461744 #463017 #174618

square

#172D46 #461744 #463017 #174618

split-complementary

#172D46 #461817 #444617

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F18 #172D46 #264B74 #3568A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#172D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#172D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172D46

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172D46	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 45, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.054 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596579',
    500: '#172d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172d46;
$custom-light: #596579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29225,
    "c": 0.05391,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172D46

secondary

#7D5E3C

accent

#984EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172D46

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

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