#174A8B#174A8B

#174A8B is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.121 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A8B
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 139)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 8.58, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 41.76, 281.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% -0.0282 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.121 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4606, 6.9429, 25.3680)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A8B #8B5817

analogous

#17848B #174A8B #1E178B

triadic

#174A8B #8B174A #4A8B17

tetradic

#174A8B #8B1784 #8B5817 #178B1E

square

#174A8B #8B1784 #8B5817 #178B1E

split-complementary

#174A8B #8B1E17 #848B17

monochromatic

#061222 #0E2E56 #174A8B #2066C0 #3D84DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#174A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A8B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A8B	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27508D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.121 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bad',
    500: '#174a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a8b;
$custom-light: #697bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.621,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4134,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A8B

secondary

#BF873F

accent

#9F39EE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A8B

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

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