#174A79#174A79

#174A79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.096 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A79
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 121)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(209, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 38.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 1.22, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 31.54, 272.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0325 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.096 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2520, 6.4595, 19.0027)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A79 #794617

analogous

#177977 #174A79 #171979

triadic

#174A79 #79174A #4A7917

tetradic

#174A79 #771779 #794617 #197917

square

#174A79 #771779 #794617 #197917

split-complementary

#174A79 #791719 #797717

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2B46 #174A79 #2169AC #3289D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#174A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#174A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A79

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A79	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.096 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647ca0',
    500: '#174a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a79;
$custom-light: #647ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.776,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40091,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A79

secondary

#AE743E

accent

#903DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A79

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

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