#174A8D#174A8D

#174A8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.123 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A8D
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 9.40, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 42.92, 282.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% -0.0278 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.123 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.6081, 7.0019, 26.1447)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A8D #8D5A17

analogous

#17858D #174A8D #1F178D

triadic

#174A8D #8D174A #4A8D17

tetradic

#174A8D #8D1785 #8D5A17 #178D1F

square

#174A8D #8D1785 #8D5A17 #178D1F

split-complementary

#174A8D #8D1F17 #858D17

monochromatic

#061324 #0E2E58 #174A8D #2066C2 #3F84E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#174A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#174A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A8D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A8D	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.123 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697baf',
    500: '#174a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a8d;
$custom-light: #697baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.068,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41488,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A8D

secondary

#C08940

accent

#A039EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A8D

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

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