Color #173C52

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #173C52 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 60, 82) — 9% red, 23.5% green, 32.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 23 / 9 / 0 / 68. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #173C52 carries a shadowy depth. 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 Barometer (#11394C). Nearby in the Register you will also find Nationalist Blue (#174358) and Dark Blue Grey (#1F3B4D).

The recipe behind #173C52 is rgb(23, 60, 82), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #173C52 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 11.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.8:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:68), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #173C52 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#173C52 color variations

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

#173C52 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#173C52 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#173C52 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#173C52 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#173C52 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

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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

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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

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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

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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

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

Square color scheme

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Nearest named colors to #173C52

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

Barometer

#11394C

Nationalist Blue

#174358

Dark Blue Grey

#1F3B4D

Regal Blue

#203F58

Cello

#1E385B

Nile Blue

#253F4E

Astronaut Blue

#214559

Tiber

#184343

Tarawera

#253C48

Shipshape

#21425F

Dark Cobalt Blue

#273A59

Midnight Oil

#283854

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#173C52
RGB23, 60, 82
CMYK23, 9, 0, 68
CSSrgb(23, 60, 82)

HSL202°, 56%, 21%
HSL Precise202.373°, 56.19%, 20.588%
HSV202°, 72%, 32%
HSB202°, 72%, 32%

Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.235
Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.322

GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.235, 0.322)
GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.235, 0.322, 1.000)
HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.235, 0.322)

Percentage of Red in RGB9%
Percentage of Green in RGB23.5%
Percentage of Blue in RGB32.2%

Color FamilyAzure
Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
Lightness FamilyDark

HEX ID173C52
DECIMAL ID1522770
Name LengthThis color has no name

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