Information about #172B29 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly balanced water-like cyan, #172B29 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 practically indistinguishable from Bledisloe (#19282B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Madagascar (#172E2C) and Kermadec (#1D2C2A).
In RGB terms — rgb(23, 43, 41) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #172B29 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:83), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#172B29 color variations
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#172B29 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#172B29 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#172B29 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#172B29 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#172B29 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #172B29 color
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Nearest named colors to #172B29
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#19282B
#172E2C
#1D2C2A
#1C2728
#1E272C
#0E2A2A
#1F262A
#163222
#1B3427
#1A2421
#1B2431
#1E222C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#172B29
- RGB23, 43, 41
- CMYK8, 0, 1, 83
- CSSrgb(23, 43, 41)
- HSL174°, 30%, 13%
- HSL Precise174°, 30.303%, 12.941%
- HSV174°, 47%, 17%
- HSB174°, 47%, 17%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.169
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.161
- GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.169, 0.161)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.169, 0.161, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.169, 0.161)
- Percentage of Red in RGB9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB16.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID172B29
- DECIMAL ID1518377
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
