#174A61#174A61

#174A61 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.066 H 231.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A61
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 97)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, -8.28, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 20.14, 245.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% -0.0407 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.066 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9589, 5.9422, 12.1926)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A61 #612E17

analogous

#176153 #174A61 #172561

triadic

#174A61 #61174A #4A6117

tetradic

#174A61 #531761 #612E17 #256117

square

#174A61 #531761 #612E17 #256117

split-complementary

#174A61 #611725 #615317

monochromatic

#061319 #0B2430 #174A61 #237092 #2E95C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#174A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#174A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A61

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A61	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.066 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7c8e',
    500: '#174a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a61;
$custom-light: #5f7c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38663,
    "c": 0.0657,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A61

secondary

#98593C

accent

#7543E5

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A61

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

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