#174A85#174A85

#174A85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.112 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A85
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 133)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 6.12, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 38.29, 279.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% -0.0295 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.112 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0342, 6.7723, 23.1222)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A85 #855217

analogous

#178185 #174A85 #1B1785

triadic

#174A85 #85174A #4A8517

tetradic

#174A85 #851781 #855217 #17851B

square

#174A85 #851781 #855217 #17851B

split-complementary

#174A85 #851B17 #818517

monochromatic

#05101D #0E2D51 #174A85 #2067B9 #3A85DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#174A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A85

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A85	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.112 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677ca9',
    500: '#174a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a85;
$custom-light: #677ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.182,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40908,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A85

secondary

#B9803F

accent

#9A3BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A85

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

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