#172E34#172E34

#172E34 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.031 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E34
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(192, 39%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.39, -7.03, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.39, 9.68, 223.49°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% -0.0249 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.031 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9499, 2.3839, 3.6055)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E34 #341D17

analogous

#17342C #172E34 #172034

triadic

#172E34 #34172E #2E3417

tetradic

#172E34 #2C1734 #341D17 #203417

square

#172E34 #2C1734 #341D17 #203417

split-complementary

#172E34 #341720 #342C17

monochromatic

#091315 #091315 #172E34 #2A545E #3D7989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#172E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#172E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E34

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E34	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.031 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56666b',
    500: '#172e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e34;
$custom-light: #56666b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28505,
    "c": 0.03093,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E34

secondary

#6A463D

accent

#7159CF

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030606

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E34

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

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