#172f35

Color #172f35

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-950 #053345 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#172f35

RGB

rgb(23, 47, 53)

HSL

hsl(192, 39.5%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 56.6%, 20.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 79.2%)

LAB

lab(17.79, -7.34, -6.74)

LCH

lch(17.79, 9.97, 222.56)

OKLCH

oklch(28.8%, 0.0319, 215.68)

HWB

hwb(192, 9%, 79.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#351d17

Analogous

#17352c

#172f35

#172035

Triadic

#172f35

#35172f

#2f3517

Split-complementary

#172f35

#351720

#352c17

Tetradic

#172f35

#1d1735

#351d17

#2f3517

Square

#172f35

#2c1735

#351d17

#203517

Shades

Color #172f35 mixed toward black.

#13272c

#0f1f23

#0b171b

#081012

#040809

Tints

Color #172f35 mixed toward white.

#2d5c67

#43889a

#68acbd

#9ac8d3

#cde3e9

Tones

Color #172f35 mixed toward gray.

#192d33

#1c2c30

#1e2a2d

#21292b

#232728

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#232434 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#222033 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#193232 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 10

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #172f35;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#172f35]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#172f35 (#172f35) is rgb(23, 47, 53) in RGB.

No, #172f35 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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