#174253#174253

#174253 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.055 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174253
RGB	rgb(23, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, -8.58, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 16.90, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% -0.0372 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.055 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8623, 4.7027, 8.8861)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174253 #532817

analogous

#175346 #174253 #172453

triadic

#174253 #531742 #425317

tetradic

#174253 #461753 #532817 #245317

square

#174253 #461753 #532817 #245317

split-complementary

#174253 #531724 #534617

monochromatic

#071318 #0A1C23 #174253 #246883 #328EB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#174253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#174253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174253

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174253	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.055 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7683',
    500: '#174253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174253;
$custom-light: #5c7683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35737,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174253

secondary

#8A523C

accent

#7348E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDEF

border

#C5C8CA

text

#04080A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174253

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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