#172E62#172E62

#172E62 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.097 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E62
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 98)
HSL	hsl(222, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.11, 11.22, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.11, 35.32, 288.53°)
OKLab	oklab(31.52% -0.0105 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(31.52% 0.097 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5342, 3.0176, 11.9491)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E62 #624B17

analogous

#175362 #172E62 #251762

triadic

#172E62 #62172E #2E6217

tetradic

#172E62 #621753 #624B17 #176225

square

#172E62 #621753 #624B17 #176225

split-complementary

#172E62 #622517 #536217

monochromatic

#060C19 #0B1730 #172E62 #234594 #2E5DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#172E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#172E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E62

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E62	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.097 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f668f',
    500: '#172e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e62;
$custom-light: #5f668f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31522,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E62

secondary

#997C3C

accent

#B343E5

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#EAEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#797A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E62

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

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