#174A87#174A87

#174A87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.115 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A87
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 135)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(213, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 45.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 6.94, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 39.44, 280.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% -0.029 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.115 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1737, 6.8281, 23.8568)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#174A87 #875417

analogous

#178287 #174A87 #1C1787

triadic

#174A87 #87174A #4A8717

tetradic

#174A87 #871782 #875417 #17871C

square

#174A87 #871782 #875417 #17871C

split-complementary

#174A87 #871C17 #828717

monochromatic

#05111E #0E2D53 #174A87 #2067BB #3B85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#174A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#174A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A87

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A87	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.115 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687caa',
    500: '#174a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a87;
$custom-light: #687caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.679,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41051,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A87

secondary

#BB823F

accent

#9C3AEE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A87

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

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