#173244#173244

#173244 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.046 H 239.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173244
RGB	rgb(23, 50, 68)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, -3.84, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 14.84, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.48% -0.0233 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(30.48% 0.046 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5370, 2.8805, 5.8900)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173244 #442917

analogous

#17443F #173244 #171B44

triadic

#173244 #441732 #324417

tetradic

#173244 #3F1744 #442917 #1B4417

square

#173244 #3F1744 #442917 #1B4417

split-complementary

#173244 #44171B #443F17

monochromatic

#081117 #081117 #173244 #265472 #36759F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#173244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#173244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173244

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173244	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 50, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.046 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596978',
    500: '#173244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173244;
$custom-light: #596978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30478,
    "c": 0.04642,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173244

secondary

#7B553C

accent

#864FD9

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173244

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

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