#172F46#172F46

#172F46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.052 H 249.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172F46
RGB	rgb(23, 47, 70)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, -1.00, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 17.19, 266.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.77% -0.0185 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(29.77% 0.052 249)
XYZ	xyz(2.4750, 2.6572, 6.1756)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172F46 #462E17

analogous

#174645 #172F46 #171746

triadic

#172F46 #46172F #2F4617

tetradic

#172F46 #451746 #462E17 #174617

square

#172F46 #451746 #462E17 #174617

split-complementary

#172F46 #461717 #464517

monochromatic

#080F17 #081018 #172F46 #264E74 #356DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#172F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#172F46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172F46

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172F46	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#253047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 47, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.052 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596779',
    500: '#172f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172f46;
$custom-light: #596779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.362,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29768,
    "c": 0.05177,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.02657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172F46

secondary

#7D5C3C

accent

#924EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040609

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #172F46

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

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