#174859#174859

#174859 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.059 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174859
RGB	rgb(23, 72, 89)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, -10.06, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 17.93, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% -0.0418 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.059 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4732, 5.5377, 10.2824)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174859 #592817

analogous

#175949 #174859 #172759

triadic

#174859 #591748 #485917

tetradic

#174859 #491759 #592817 #275917

square

#174859 #491759 #592817 #275917

split-complementary

#174859 #591727 #594917

monochromatic

#061418 #0A2128 #174859 #246F8A #3097BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#174859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#174859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174859

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174859	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F465A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 72, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.059 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b88',
    500: '#174859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174859;
$custom-light: #5e7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37701,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174859

secondary

#90523C

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EDEF

border

#C5C8CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174859

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

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