#1C177E#1C177E

#1C177E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.163 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C177E
RGB	rgb(28, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(243, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(243, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.30, 38.02, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.30, 67.84, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(30.37% 0.0086 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(30.37% 0.163 273)
XYZ	xyz(4.5499, 2.3655, 19.9514)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C177E #797E17

analogous

#17467E #1C177E #50177E

triadic

#1C177E #7E1C17 #177E1C

tetradic

#1C177E #7E1746 #797E17 #177E50

square

#1C177E #7E1746 #797E17 #177E50

split-complementary

#1C177E #7E5017 #467E17

monochromatic

#06051A #100E4A #1C177E #2820B2 #3D35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#1C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#1C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1C177E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1C177E	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.163 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b57a5',
    500: '#1c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c177e;
$custom-light: #6b57a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.913,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30365,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.02366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C177E

secondary

#ADB33E

accent

#EC3CE3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C177E

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

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