#173B46#173B46

#173B46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.045 H 220.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173B46
RGB	rgb(23, 59, 70)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, -8.98, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 13.92, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% -0.0343 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.045 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0224, 3.7520, 6.3581)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173B46 #462217

analogous

#174639 #173B46 #172346

triadic

#173B46 #46173B #3B4617

tetradic

#173B46 #391746 #462217 #234617

square

#173B46 #391746 #462217 #234617

split-complementary

#173B46 #461723 #463917

monochromatic

#081317 #081418 #173B46 #266274 #3589A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#173B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#173B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173B46

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173B46	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 59, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.045 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7179',
    500: '#173b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173b46;
$custom-light: #5a7179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33117,
    "c": 0.04528,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173B46

secondary

#7D4B3C

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECED

border

#C5C7C8

text

#040709

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173B46

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

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