#174A8F#174A8F

#174A8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.126 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A8F
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 143)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 10.22, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 44.08, 283.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% -0.0275 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.126 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7582, 7.0619, 26.9355)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A8F #8F5C17

analogous

#17868F #174A8F #20178F

triadic

#174A8F #8F174A #4A8F17

tetradic

#174A8F #8F1786 #8F5C17 #178F20

square

#174A8F #8F1786 #8F5C17 #178F20

split-complementary

#174A8F #8F2017 #868F17

monochromatic

#061326 #0F2F5A #174A8F #1F65C4 #4084E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#174A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#174A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A8F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A8F	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.126 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7bb0',
    500: '#174a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a8f;
$custom-light: #6a7bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41637,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A8F

secondary

#C18A41

accent

#A239EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A8F

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

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