#173245#173245

#173245 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.048 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173245
RGB	rgb(23, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(205, 50%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, -3.46, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 15.33, 256.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.54% -0.0229 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(30.54% 0.048 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.5677, 2.8928, 6.0521)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173245 #452A17

analogous

#174541 #173245 #171B45

triadic

#173245 #451732 #324517

tetradic

#173245 #411745 #452A17 #1B4517

square

#173245 #411745 #452A17 #1B4517

split-complementary

#173245 #45171B #454117

monochromatic

#081117 #081117 #173245 #265373 #3675A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#173245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#173245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173245

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173245	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.048 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596978',
    500: '#173245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173245;
$custom-light: #596978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30535,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173245

secondary

#7C563C

accent

#884EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040609

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173245

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

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