#172527

Color #172527

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.91 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#172527

RGB

rgb(23, 37, 39)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 25.8%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 41%, 15.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 5.1%, 0%, 84.7%)

LAB

lab(13.54, -5.33, -3.25)

LCH

lch(13.54, 6.24, 211.37)

OKLCH

oklch(25.3%, 0.0195, 207.22)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 9%, 84.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#271917

Analogous

#172721

#172527

#171d27

Triadic

#172527

#271725

#252717

Split-complementary

#172527

#27171d

#272117

Tetradic

#172527

#191727

#271917

#252717

Square

#172527

#211727

#271917

#1d2717

Shades

Color #172527 mixed toward black.

#131f21

#0f191a

#0c1314

#080c0d

#040607

Tints

Color #172527 mixed toward white.

#335256

#4e7e85

#72a5ac

#a1c3c8

#d0e1e3

Tones

Color #172527 mixed toward gray.

#182426

#1a2324

#1b2223

#1c2122

#1e2020

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.33:1

White text reads better on this background (15.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1e27 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#1d1c26 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#182626 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#232323 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #172527;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#172527]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#172527 (#172527) is rgb(23, 37, 39) in RGB.

No, #172527 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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