#172E35#172E35

#172E35 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.032 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E35
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.43, -6.68, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.43, 9.89, 227.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.55% -0.0244 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(28.55% 0.032 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9727, 2.3930, 3.7254)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E35 #351E17

analogous

#17352D #172E35 #171F35

triadic

#172E35 #35172E #2E3517

tetradic

#172E35 #2D1735 #351E17 #1F3517

square

#172E35 #2D1735 #351E17 #1F3517

split-complementary

#172E35 #35171F #352D17

monochromatic

#091315 #091315 #172E35 #2A5360 #3C788A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#172E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#172E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E35

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E35	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.032 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56666c',
    500: '#172e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e35;
$custom-light: #56666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 39.474,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28553,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E35

secondary

#6B483D

accent

#7458CF

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030606

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E35

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

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