#174986#174986

#174986 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.115 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174986
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 134)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(213, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 7.21, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 39.47, 280.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% -0.0284 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.115 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0374, 6.6676, 23.4657)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174986 #865417

analogous

#178086 #174986 #1C1786

triadic

#174986 #861749 #498617

tetradic

#174986 #861780 #865417 #17861C

square

#174986 #861780 #865417 #17861C

split-complementary

#174986 #861C17 #808617

monochromatic

#05101E #0E2D52 #174986 #2065BA #3A84DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#174986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#174986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174986

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174986	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.115 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687baa',
    500: '#174986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174986;
$custom-light: #687baa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.973,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40739,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174986

secondary

#BA833F

accent

#9D3AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174986

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

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