#174A96#174A96

#174A96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.136 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A96
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 150)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 50.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 13.09, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 48.17, 285.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% -0.0263 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.136 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3051, 7.2807, 29.8158)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A96 #966317

analogous

#178A96 #174A96 #241796

triadic

#174A96 #96174A #4A9617

tetradic

#174A96 #96178A #966317 #179624

square

#174A96 #96178A #966317 #179624

split-complementary

#174A96 #962417 #8A9617

monochromatic

#07162C #0F3061 #174A96 #1F64CB #4584E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#174A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#174A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A96

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A96	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B5299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.136 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7bb5',
    500: '#174a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a96;
$custom-light: #6c7bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.906,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4217,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A96

secondary

#C39145

accent

#A638F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A96

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

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