Information about #171DDA color

#171DDA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#171DDA falls into the Blue Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 29, 218) — 9% red, 11.4% green, 85.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 76 / 74 / 0 / 15. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #171DDA reads as a strongly colored deep-sea blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Bluebonnet (#1C1CF0). Slightly further away sit Vivid Phthalo Blue (#001DE7) and Zebo's Blue (#0019E9).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 29, 218) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #171DDA: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#171DDA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#171DDA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #171DDA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#171DDA
  • RGB23, 29, 218
  • CMYK76, 74, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(23, 29, 218)
  • HSL238°, 81%, 47%
  • HSL Precise238.154°, 80.913%, 47.255%
  • HSV238°, 89%, 85%
  • HSB238°, 89%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.114
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.855
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.114, 0.855)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.114, 0.855, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.114, 0.855)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB85.5%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID171DDA
  • DECIMAL ID1514970
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01