#174A7A#174A7A

#174A7A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.097 H 250.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A7A
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 122)
HSL	hsl(209, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(209, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 39.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 1.62, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 32.09, 272.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% -0.0322 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.097 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3136, 6.4841, 19.3274)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A7A #7A4717

analogous

#177A78 #174A7A #17187A

triadic

#174A7A #7A174A #4A7A17

tetradic

#174A7A #78177A #7A4717 #187A17

square

#174A7A #78177A #7A4717 #187A17

split-complementary

#174A7A #7A1718 #7A7817

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2B47 #174A7A #2169AD #3388D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#174A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A7A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A7A	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.097 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ca1',
    500: '#174a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a7a;
$custom-light: #657ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40157,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A7A

secondary

#AF753E

accent

#913DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A7A

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

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