#174988#174988

#174988 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.118 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174988
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 136)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(213, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 46.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 8.03, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 40.63, 281.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% -0.028 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.118 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1782, 6.7239, 24.2073)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174988 #885617

analogous

#178188 #174988 #1D1788

triadic

#174988 #881749 #498817

tetradic

#174988 #881781 #885617 #17881D

square

#174988 #881781 #885617 #17881D

split-complementary

#174988 #881D17 #818817

monochromatic

#05111F #0E2D54 #174988 #2065BC #3B83DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#174988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174988

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174988	1.00	8.96	2.35	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.118 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687bab',
    500: '#174988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174988;
$custom-light: #687bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.451,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40884,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174988

secondary

#BC853F

accent

#9E3AEE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174988

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

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