#174A60#174A60

#174A60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.065 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A60
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 96)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 22.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, -8.66, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 19.78, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% -0.0411 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.065 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9126, 5.9237, 11.9485)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A60 #602D17

analogous

#176051 #174A60 #172560

triadic

#174A60 #60174A #4A6017

tetradic

#174A60 #511760 #602D17 #256017

square

#174A60 #511760 #602D17 #256017

split-complementary

#174A60 #601725 #605117

monochromatic

#061319 #0B242F #174A60 #237091 #2F96C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#174A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#174A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A60

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A60	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.065 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7c8d',
    500: '#174a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a60;
$custom-light: #5f7c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3861,
    "c": 0.0647,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A60

secondary

#97573C

accent

#7443E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A60

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

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