#173C44#173C44

#173C44 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.044 H 214.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173C44
RGB	rgb(23, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, -10.32, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 13.62, 220.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% -0.0365 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.044 214)
XYZ	xyz(3.0122, 3.8309, 6.0484)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173C44 #441F17

analogous

#174435 #173C44 #172544

triadic

#173C44 #44173C #3C4417

tetradic

#173C44 #351744 #441F17 #254417

square

#173C44 #351744 #441F17 #254417

split-complementary

#173C44 #441725 #443517

monochromatic

#081417 #081417 #173C44 #266472 #368D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#173C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#173C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173C44

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173C44	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.044 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7177',
    500: '#173c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173c44;
$custom-light: #5a7177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33306,
    "c": 0.04407,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173C44

secondary

#7B473C

accent

#674FD9

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECED

border

#C5C7C8

text

#040708

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173C44

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

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