#174959#174959

#174959 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.059 H 222.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174959
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, -10.67, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 17.85, 233.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% -0.043 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.059 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5383, 5.6680, 10.3041)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174959 #592717

analogous

#175948 #174959 #172859

triadic

#174959 #591749 #495917

tetradic

#174959 #481759 #592717 #285917

square

#174959 #481759 #592717 #285917

split-complementary

#174959 #591728 #594817

monochromatic

#061418 #0A2128 #174959 #24718A #3099BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#174959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#174959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174959

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174959	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40475A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.059 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7b88',
    500: '#174959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174959;
$custom-light: #5e7b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37977,
    "c": 0.05869,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174959

secondary

#90503C

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174959

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

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