#174A88#174A88

#174A88 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.116 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A88
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 136)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(213, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 45.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 7.35, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 40.02, 280.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% -0.0288 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.116 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2444, 6.8564, 24.2294)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A88 #885517

analogous

#178288 #174A88 #1C1788

triadic

#174A88 #88174A #4A8817

tetradic

#174A88 #881782 #885517 #17881C

square

#174A88 #881782 #885517 #17881C

split-complementary

#174A88 #881C17 #828817

monochromatic

#05111F #0E2E54 #174A88 #2066BC #3B85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#174A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#174A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A88

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A88	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A508A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.116 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687cab',
    500: '#174a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a88;
$custom-light: #687cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.92,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41123,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A88

secondary

#BC833F

accent

#9D3AEE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A88

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

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