#174990#174990

#174990 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.129 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174990
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 144)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 49.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 11.31, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 45.30, 284.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0265 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.129 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7681, 6.9599, 27.3141)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174990 #905E17

analogous

#178590 #174990 #221790

triadic

#174990 #901749 #499017

tetradic

#174990 #901785 #905E17 #179022

square

#174990 #901785 #905E17 #179022

split-complementary

#174990 #902217 #859017

monochromatic

#061326 #0F2E5B #174990 #1F64C5 #4183E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#174990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174990

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174990	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.129 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7bb1',
    500: '#174990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174990;
$custom-light: #6a7bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.207,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4148,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174990

secondary

#C18C42

accent

#A439EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080911

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174990

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

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