#172D49#172D49

#172D49 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.059 H 255.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172D49
RGB	rgb(23, 45, 73)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 1.61, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 20.08, 274.59°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% -0.0149 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.059 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4939, 2.5397, 6.6608)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172D49 #493317

analogous

#174649 #172D49 #1A1749

triadic

#172D49 #49172D #2D4917

tetradic

#172D49 #491746 #493317 #17491A

square

#172D49 #491746 #493317 #17491A

split-complementary

#172D49 #491A17 #464917

monochromatic

#070E17 #08101A #172D49 #264A78 #3466A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#172D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#172D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172D49

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172D49	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 45, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.059 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a657c',
    500: '#172d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172d49;
$custom-light: #5a657c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29419,
    "c": 0.0586,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172D49

secondary

#80623C

accent

#9C4CDC

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172D49

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

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