#172342

Color #172342

A moderately saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#172342

RGB

rgb(23, 35, 66)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 48.3%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 65.2%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.2%, 47%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(14.27, 6.1, -21.26)

LCH

lch(14.27, 22.12, 286.01)

OKLCH

oklch(26.3%, 0.0605, 266.4)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#423617

Analogous

#173942

#172342

#211742

Triadic

#172342

#421723

#234217

Split-complementary

#172342

#422117

#394217

Tetradic

#172342

#361742

#423617

#234217

Square

#172342

#421739

#423617

#174221

Shades

Color #172342 mixed toward black.

#131d37

#0f172c

#0c1221

#080c16

#04060b

Tints

Color #172342 mixed toward white.

#293f76

#3b5aaa

#637fc9

#97aadb

#cbd4ed

Tones

Color #172342 mixed toward gray.

#1b253f

#1e263b

#222837

#252934

#292b30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.36:1

White text reads better on this background (15.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1d1d3c · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#1c1b3b · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#183736 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#242424 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #172342;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#172342]

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

#172342 (#172342) is rgb(23, 35, 66) in RGB.

No, #172342 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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