#172172

Color #172172

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 5.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#172172

RGB

rgb(23, 33, 114)

HSL

hsl(233.4, 66.4%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.4, 79.8%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(17.85, 27.05, -47.59)

LCH

lch(17.85, 54.74, 299.61)

OKLCH

oklch(30.3%, 0.1378, 269.96)

HWB

hwb(233.4, 9%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#726817

Analogous

#174f72

#172172

#3b1772

Triadic

#172172

#721721

#217217

Split-complementary

#172172

#723b17

#4f7217

Tetradic

#172172

#681772

#726817

#217217

Square

#172172

#72174f

#726817

#17723b

Shades

Color #172172 mixed toward black.

#131c5f

#0f164c

#0c1139

#080b26

#040613

Tints

Color #172172 mixed toward white.

#2130a6

#3042d5

#6472e0

#98a1ea

#cbd0f5

Tones

Color #172172 mixed toward gray.

#1f276b

#262d63

#2e335b

#353954

#3d3f4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c65 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#1b1a62 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#185a57 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #172172;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#172172]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#172172 (#172172) is rgb(23, 33, 114) in RGB.

No, #172172 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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