#174A8E#174A8E

#174A8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.125 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A8E
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 9.81, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 43.50, 283.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% -0.0276 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.125 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6828, 7.0318, 26.5383)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A8E #8E5B17

analogous

#17858E #174A8E #20178E

triadic

#174A8E #8E174A #4A8E17

tetradic

#174A8E #8E1785 #8E5B17 #178E20

square

#174A8E #8E1785 #8E5B17 #178E20

split-complementary

#174A8E #8E2017 #858E17

monochromatic

#061325 #0E2F59 #174A8E #2065C3 #3F84E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#174A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#174A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A8E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A8E	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.125 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697baf',
    500: '#174a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a8e;
$custom-light: #697baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41562,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A8E

secondary

#C08A40

accent

#A139EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A8E

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

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