#174A6E#174A6E

#174A6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.081 H 243.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A6E
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 110)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(205, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, -3.21, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 25.79, 262.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0359 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.081 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6155, 6.2049, 15.6505)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A6E #6E3B17

analogous

#176E66 #174A6E #171E6E

triadic

#174A6E #6E174A #4A6E17

tetradic

#174A6E #66176E #6E3B17 #1E6E17

square

#174A6E #66176E #6E3B17 #1E6E17

split-complementary

#174A6E #6E171E #6E6617

monochromatic

#051119 #0C283B #174A6E #226CA1 #2C8ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#174A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A6E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A6E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D436D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.081 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627c98',
    500: '#174a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a6e;
$custom-light: #627c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39401,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A6E

secondary

#A4683D

accent

#853FE8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A6E

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

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