#174A97#174A97

#174A97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.137 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A97
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 151)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 51%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 13.50, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 48.76, 286.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0261 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.137 259)
XYZ	xyz(8.3860, 7.3130, 30.2417)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A97 #976417

analogous

#178A97 #174A97 #241797

triadic

#174A97 #97174A #4A9717

tetradic

#174A97 #97178A #976417 #179724

square

#174A97 #97178A #976417 #179724

split-complementary

#174A97 #972417 #8A9717

monochromatic

#07162D #0F3062 #174A97 #1F64CC #4684E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#174A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#174A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A97

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A97	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19539A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.137 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7bb6',
    500: '#174a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a97;
$custom-light: #6c7bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.094,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42248,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.07314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A97

secondary

#C49246

accent

#A738F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A97

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

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