#174696#174696

#174696 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.141 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174696
RGB	rgb(23, 70, 150)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 53.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 15.83, -48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 50.79, 288.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% -0.0234 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.141 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0465, 6.7635, 29.7296)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174696 #966717

analogous

#178696 #174696 #281796

triadic

#174696 #961746 #469617

tetradic

#174696 #961786 #966717 #179628

square

#174696 #961786 #966717 #179628

split-complementary

#174696 #962817 #869617

monochromatic

#07142C #0F2D61 #174696 #1F5FCB #457FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#174696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174696

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174696	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B5099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 70, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.141 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c78b5',
    500: '#174696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174696;
$custom-light: #6c78b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.795,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41271,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174696

secondary

#C39545

accent

#AC38F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174696

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →