#172242

Color #172242

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 22.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#172242

RGB

rgb(23, 34, 66)

HSL

hsl(224.7, 48.3%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.7, 65.2%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 48.5%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(13.94, 6.85, -21.79)

LCH

lch(13.94, 22.84, 287.45)

OKLCH

oklch(26.1%, 0.0621, 267.69)

HWB

hwb(224.7, 9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#423717

Analogous

#173842

#172242

#221742

Triadic

#172242

#421722

#224217

Split-complementary

#172242

#422217

#384217

Tetradic

#172242

#371742

#423717

#224217

Square

#172242

#421738

#423717

#174222

Shades

Color #172242 mixed toward black.

#131c37

#0f172c

#0c1121

#080b16

#04060b

Tints

Color #172242 mixed toward white.

#293d76

#3b58aa

#637dc9

#97a8db

#cbd4ed

Tones

Color #172242 mixed toward gray.

#1b243f

#1e263b

#222737

#252934

#292b30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.34:1

White text reads better on this background (15.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c3c · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#1c1b3a · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#183735 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#232323 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #172242;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#172242]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#172242 (#172242) is rgb(23, 34, 66) in RGB.

No, #172242 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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