#172E3E#172E3E

#172E3E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.041 H 240.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E3E
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 62)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.85, -3.40, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.85, 13.32, 255.21°)
OKLab	oklab(29.02% -0.0203 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(29.02% 0.041 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1995, 2.4838, 4.9200)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E3E #3E2717

analogous

#173E3B #172E3E #171B3E

triadic

#172E3E #3E172E #2E3E17

tetradic

#172E3E #3B173E #3E2717 #1B3E17

square

#172E3E #3B173E #3E2717 #1B3E17

split-complementary

#172E3E #3E171B #3E3B17

monochromatic

#081116 #081116 #172E3E #284F6B #387097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#172E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#172E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E3E

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E3E	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.041 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586673',
    500: '#172e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e3e;
$custom-light: #586673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29023,
    "c": 0.04133,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E3E

secondary

#75533C

accent

#8852D6

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E3E

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

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