#174A86#174A86

#174A86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.114 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A86
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 134)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 44.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 6.53, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 38.87, 279.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% -0.0293 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.114 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1036, 6.8001, 23.4878)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A86 #865317

analogous

#178186 #174A86 #1B1786

triadic

#174A86 #86174A #4A8617

tetradic

#174A86 #861781 #865317 #17861B

square

#174A86 #861781 #865317 #17861B

split-complementary

#174A86 #861B17 #818617

monochromatic

#05101E #0E2D52 #174A86 #2067BA #3A85DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#174A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#174A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A86

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A86	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.114 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677caa',
    500: '#174a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a86;
$custom-light: #677caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40979,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A86

secondary

#BA813F

accent

#9B3AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEDF4

border

#C6C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A86

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

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