#174A6B#174A6B

#174A6B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.077 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A6B
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 107)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, -4.40, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 24.34, 259.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% -0.0369 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.077 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4549, 6.1406, 14.8048)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A6B #6B3817

analogous

#176B62 #174A6B #17206B

triadic

#174A6B #6B174A #4A6B17

tetradic

#174A6B #62176B #6B3817 #206B17

square

#174A6B #62176B #6B3817 #206B17

split-complementary

#174A6B #6B1720 #6B6217

monochromatic

#051119 #0C2739 #174A6B #226D9D #2D90D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#174A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#174A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A6B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A6B	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F436A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.077 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617c95',
    500: '#174a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a6b;
$custom-light: #617c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39223,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A6B

secondary

#A1643D

accent

#8240E8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A6B

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

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