Recognised as Colour
#17299E
- #17299E
- Blue
- Dark
- Nearest: Navy
#17299E is a blue with RGB values 23, 41, 158 and HSL 232°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.
Colour values
#17299E#17299E
HEX#17299E
RGBrgb(23, 41, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.1608, 0.6196
RGB percentages9%, 16.1%, 62%
HSLhsl(232, 74.6%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 85.4%, 62%)
CMYK85.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,517,982
CSS custom property--colour: #17299E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.04237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.37:1
Contrast with white11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#E8D661
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9E8C17
Analogous#176D9E, #48179E
Triadic#9E1729, #299E17
Split complementary#9E4917, #6D9E17
Tetradic#9E176D, #9E8C17, #179E49
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R23
G41
B158
Red23 (9%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue232°
Saturation (HSL)74.59%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 17 · G 29 · B 9E
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