#174A5C#174A5C

#174A5C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.061 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A5C
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 92)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.6%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, -10.17, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 18.54, 236.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% -0.0428 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.061 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7331, 5.8519, 11.0032)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A5C #5C2917

analogous

#175C4B #174A5C #17285C

triadic

#174A5C #5C174A #4A5C17

tetradic

#174A5C #4B175C #5C2917 #285C17

square

#174A5C #4B175C #5C2917 #285C17

split-complementary

#174A5C #5C1728 #5C4B17

monochromatic

#061418 #0B232B #174A5C #23718D #2F99BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#174A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#174A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A5C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A5C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40485D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37415C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.061 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7c8a',
    500: '#174a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a5c;
$custom-light: #5f7c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38403,
    "c": 0.06096,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A5C

secondary

#93533C

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A5C

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

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