#174A6F#174A6F

#174A6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.082 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A6F
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 111)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(205, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, -2.81, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 26.28, 263.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% -0.0356 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.082 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6703, 6.2268, 15.9389)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A6F #6F3C17

analogous

#176F68 #174A6F #171E6F

triadic

#174A6F #6F174A #4A6F17

tetradic

#174A6F #68176F #6F3C17 #1E6F17

square

#174A6F #68176F #6F3C17 #1E6F17

split-complementary

#174A6F #6F171E #6F6817

monochromatic

#051119 #0C283C #174A6F #226CA2 #2D8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#174A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A6F

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A6F	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D436E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.082 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627c98',
    500: '#174a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a6f;
$custom-light: #627c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.227,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39461,
    "c": 0.0822,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A6F

secondary

#A5693D

accent

#863FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A6F

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

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