#174A72#174A72

#174A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.086 H 246.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A72
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 114)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 35.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, -1.61, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 27.81, 266.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% -0.0346 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.086 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8382, 6.2939, 16.8235)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A72 #723F17

analogous

#17726D #174A72 #171C72

triadic

#174A72 #72174A #4A7217

tetradic

#174A72 #6D1772 #723F17 #1C7217

square

#174A72 #6D1772 #723F17 #1C7217

split-complementary

#174A72 #72171C #726D17

monochromatic

#051119 #0D293F #174A72 #216BA5 #2E8CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#174A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#174A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A72

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A72	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.086 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637c9b',
    500: '#174a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a72;
$custom-light: #637c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.374,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39645,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A72

secondary

#A86C3D

accent

#8A3EE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A72

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

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