#173246#173246

#173246 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.049 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173246
RGB	rgb(23, 50, 70)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, -3.07, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 15.83, 258.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% -0.0225 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.049 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.5990, 2.9053, 6.2170)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173246 #462B17

analogous

#174642 #173246 #171A46

triadic

#173246 #461732 #324617

tetradic

#173246 #421746 #462B17 #1A4617

square

#173246 #421746 #462B17 #1A4617

split-complementary

#173246 #46171A #464217

monochromatic

#081017 #081118 #173246 #265374 #3574A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#173246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#173246 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173246

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173246	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 50, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.049 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596979',
    500: '#173246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173246;
$custom-light: #596979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30593,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173246

secondary

#7D583C

accent

#894EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040609

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173246

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

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