#174496#174496

#174496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.144 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174496
RGB	rgb(23, 68, 150)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(219, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 54.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 17.21, -49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 52.13, 289.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% -0.022 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.144 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9235, 6.5174, 29.6886)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174496 #966917

analogous

#178496 #174496 #2A1796

triadic

#174496 #961744 #449617

tetradic

#174496 #961784 #966917 #17962A

square

#174496 #961784 #966917 #17962A

split-complementary

#174496 #962A17 #849617

monochromatic

#07142C #0F2C61 #174496 #1F5CCB #457DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#174496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174496

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174496	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 68, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.144 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c77b5',
    500: '#174496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174496;
$custom-light: #6c77b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.74,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4083,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174496

secondary

#C39745

accent

#AF38F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174496

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

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