#172E44#172E44

#172E44 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.050 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E44
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.16, -1.09, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.16, 16.55, 266.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.37% -0.0179 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(29.37% 0.05 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.3734, 2.5533, 5.8355)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E44 #442D17

analogous

#174443 #172E44 #171744

triadic

#172E44 #44172E #2E4417

tetradic

#172E44 #431744 #442D17 #174417

square

#172E44 #431744 #442D17 #174417

split-complementary

#172E44 #441717 #444317

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #172E44 #264D72 #366C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#172E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#172E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E44

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E44	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.050 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596678',
    500: '#172e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e44;
$custom-light: #596678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.333,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29373,
    "c": 0.04982,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E44

secondary

#7B5B3C

accent

#924FD9

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E44

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

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