#174996#174996

#174996 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.137 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174996
RGB	rgb(23, 73, 150)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 51.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 13.77, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 48.82, 286.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.0255 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.137 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2389, 7.1482, 29.7938)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174996 #966417

analogous

#178996 #174996 #251796

triadic

#174996 #961749 #499617

tetradic

#174996 #961789 #966417 #179625

square

#174996 #961789 #966417 #179625

split-complementary

#174996 #962517 #899617

monochromatic

#07152C #0F2F61 #174996 #1F63CB #4583E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#174996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#174996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174996

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174996	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#185299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 73, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.137 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7bb5',
    500: '#174996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174996;
$custom-light: #6c7bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.378,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41944,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174996

secondary

#C39245

accent

#A738F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174996

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

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