#173F3D · Gunmetal

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#173F3D is a dark, moderately saturated gray color, closest to Gunmetal and near Gunmetal and Onyx. In OKLCH it has 34% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 191°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #173F3D a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#173F3D
RGBrgb(23, 63, 61)
HSLhsl(177, 47%, 17%)
CMYK63, 0, 3, 75
CSS var--gunmetal
Contrast11.57:1 white · 1.81:1 black

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How to use #173F3D

White text passes WCAG AA on #173F3D (11.57:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #173F3D with its analogous neighbors #174029 and #172D40; for contrast use its complement #401719 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--gunmetal: #173F3D;

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