#174A6D#174A6D

#174A6D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.080 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A6D
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 109)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -3.60, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 25.30, 261.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% -0.0362 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.08 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5614, 6.1832, 15.3654)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A6D #6D3A17

analogous

#176D65 #174A6D #171F6D

triadic

#174A6D #6D174A #4A6D17

tetradic

#174A6D #65176D #6D3A17 #1F6D17

square

#174A6D #65176D #6D3A17 #1F6D17

split-complementary

#174A6D #6D171F #6D6517

monochromatic

#051119 #0C283A #174A6D #226CA0 #2C8FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#174A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A6D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A6D	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E436C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.080 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627c97',
    500: '#174a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a6d;
$custom-light: #627c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.419,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39341,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A6D

secondary

#A3663D

accent

#8440E8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A6D

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

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