#174A8C#174A8C

#174A8C is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.122 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A8C
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 140)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 47.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 8.99, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 42.34, 282.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% -0.028 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.122 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5340, 6.9722, 25.7546)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A8C #8C5917

analogous

#17858C #174A8C #1F178C

triadic

#174A8C #8C174A #4A8C17

tetradic

#174A8C #8C1785 #8C5917 #178C1F

square

#174A8C #8C1785 #8C5917 #178C1F

split-complementary

#174A8C #8C1F17 #858C17

monochromatic

#061223 #0E2E57 #174A8C #2066C1 #3E84DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#174A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A8C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A8C	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26508E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.122 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697bae',
    500: '#174a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a8c;
$custom-light: #697bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41414,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A8C

secondary

#BF883F

accent

#A039EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A8C

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

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