Information about #172745 color

#172745 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #172745 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 39, 69) — 9% red, 15.3% green, 27.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 12 / 0 / 73. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #172745 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Yankees Blue (#1C2841). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Regatta (#192C49) and Dark Blue Lapis Lazuli (#1B294B).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 39, 69) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #172745 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:73) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #172745 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#172745 color variations

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

#172745 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 #172745

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#172745
  • RGB23, 39, 69
  • CMYK18, 12, 0, 73
  • CSSrgb(23, 39, 69)
  • HSL219°, 50%, 18%
  • HSL Precise219.13°, 50%, 18.039%
  • HSV219°, 67%, 27%
  • HSB219°, 67%, 27%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.153, 0.271)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.153, 0.271, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.153, 0.271)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB15.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID172745
  • DECIMAL ID1517381
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01