Information about #172D20 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A moderately toned minty spring green, #172D20 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 Celtic (#163222). Its next-closest registered neighbors are ProKnox Green (#1A331A) and Dark Jungle Green (#1A2421).
In RGB terms — rgb(23, 45, 32) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #172D20 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:82) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #172D20 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#172D20 color variations
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#172D20 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#172D20 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#172D20 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#172D20 color hues
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#172D20 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 #172D20 color
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Nearest named colors to #172D20
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#163222
#1A331A
#1A2421
#123524
#1B3427
#0D2E1C
#1C2728
#1D2C2A
#172E2C
#19282B
#193925
#0E2A2A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#172D20
- RGB23, 45, 32
- CMYK9, 0, 5, 82
- CSSrgb(23, 45, 32)
- HSL145°, 32%, 13%
- HSL Precise144.545°, 32.353%, 13.333%
- HSV145°, 49%, 18%
- HSB145°, 49%, 18%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.176
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.125
- GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.176, 0.125)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.176, 0.125, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.176, 0.125)
- Percentage of Red in RGB9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB17.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.5%
- Color FamilySpring Green
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID172D20
- DECIMAL ID1518880
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
