#174896#174896

#174896 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.139 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174896
RGB	rgb(23, 72, 150)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 52%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 14.46, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 49.47, 286.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% -0.0248 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.139 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1737, 7.0179, 29.7720)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174896 #966517

analogous

#178896 #174896 #251796

triadic

#174896 #961748 #489617

tetradic

#174896 #961788 #966517 #179625

square

#174896 #961788 #966517 #179625

split-complementary

#174896 #962517 #889617

monochromatic

#07152C #0F2F61 #174896 #1F61CB #4582E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#174896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#174896 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174896

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174896	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 72, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.139 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7ab5',
    500: '#174896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174896;
$custom-light: #6c7ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.85,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41718,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174896

secondary

#C39345

accent

#A938F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174896

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

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