#17498B#17498B

#17498B is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.122 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17498B
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 47.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 9.26, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 42.38, 282.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% -0.0274 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.122 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.3944, 6.8104, 25.3459)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17498B #8B5917

analogous

#17838B #17498B #1F178B

triadic

#17498B #8B1749 #498B17

tetradic

#17498B #8B1783 #8B5917 #178B1F

square

#17498B #8B1783 #8B5917 #178B1F

split-complementary

#17498B #8B1F17 #838B17

monochromatic

#061222 #0E2D56 #17498B #2065C0 #3D83DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#17498B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#17498B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17498B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17498B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17498B	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17498b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.122 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bad',
    500: '#17498b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17498b;
$custom-light: #697bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17498b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41105,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17498B

secondary

#BF883F

accent

#A039EE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17498B

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

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