#172E49#172E49

#172E49 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.057 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E49
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(212, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 37%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 0.89, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 19.50, 272.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% -0.0162 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.057 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5325, 2.6170, 6.6737)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E49 #493217

analogous

#174749 #172E49 #191749

triadic

#172E49 #49172E #2E4917

tetradic

#172E49 #491747 #493217 #174919

square

#172E49 #491747 #493217 #174919

split-complementary

#172E49 #491917 #474917

monochromatic

#070F17 #08111A #172E49 #264B78 #3469A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#172E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#172E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E49

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E49	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23304A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.057 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a667c',
    500: '#172e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e49;
$custom-light: #5a667c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29686,
    "c": 0.05742,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E49

secondary

#80613C

accent

#9A4CDC

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E49

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

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