#173896#173896

#173896 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.159 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173896
RGB	rgb(23, 56, 150)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(224, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 62.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 25.49, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 60.32, 294.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% -0.0144 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.159 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2706, 5.2116, 29.4710)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173896 #967517

analogous

#177896 #173896 #351796

triadic

#173896 #961738 #389617

tetradic

#173896 #961778 #967517 #179635

square

#173896 #961778 #967517 #179635

split-complementary

#173896 #963517 #789617

monochromatic

#07102C #0F2461 #173896 #1F4CCB #456EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#173896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#173896 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173896

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173896	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 56, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.159 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d6eb6',
    500: '#173896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173896;
$custom-light: #6d6eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.409,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38308,
    "c": 0.15887,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173896

secondary

#C3A345

accent

#C038F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #173896

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

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