#174555#174555

#174555 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.056 H 224.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174555
RGB	rgb(23, 69, 85)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, -9.70, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 17.13, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% -0.04 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.056 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1205, 5.0938, 9.3586)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174555 #552717

analogous

#175546 #174555 #172655

triadic

#174555 #551745 #455517

tetradic

#174555 #461755 #552717 #265517

square

#174555 #461755 #552717 #265517

split-complementary

#174555 #551726 #554617

monochromatic

#071418 #0A1E25 #174555 #246C85 #3193B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#174555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#174555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174555

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174555	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 69, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.056 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7885',
    500: '#174555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174555;
$custom-light: #5d7885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36671,
    "c": 0.05617,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174555

secondary

#8C503C

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDEF

border

#C5C8CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174555

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

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