#174255#174255

#174255 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.057 H 230.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174255
RGB	rgb(23, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, -7.82, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 17.56, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% -0.0364 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.057 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9406, 4.7340, 9.2987)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174255 #552A17

analogous

#175549 #174255 #172355

triadic

#174255 #551742 #425517

tetradic

#174255 #491755 #552A17 #235517

square

#174255 #491755 #552A17 #235517

split-complementary

#174255 #551723 #554917

monochromatic

#071318 #0A1D25 #174255 #246785 #318DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#174255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#174255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174255

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174255	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.057 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7685',
    500: '#174255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174255;
$custom-light: #5d7685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35842,
    "c": 0.05713,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174255

secondary

#8C543C

accent

#7647E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDEF

border

#C5C8CA

text

#05080B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174255

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

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