#174A6C#174A6C

#174A6C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.078 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A6C
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 108)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, -4.00, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 24.81, 260.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% -0.0366 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.078 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5079, 6.1618, 15.0835)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A6C #6C3917

analogous

#176C63 #174A6C #171F6C

triadic

#174A6C #6C174A #4A6C17

tetradic

#174A6C #63176C #6C3917 #1F6C17

square

#174A6C #63176C #6C3917 #1F6C17

split-complementary

#174A6C #6C171F #6C6317

monochromatic

#051119 #0C273A #174A6C #226D9E #2C8FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#174A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#174A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A6C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A6C	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F436B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.078 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627c96',
    500: '#174a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a6c;
$custom-light: #627c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39282,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A6C

secondary

#A2653D

accent

#8340E8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A6C

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

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