#174A98#174A98

#174A98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A98
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 152)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 13.91, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 49.34, 286.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% -0.026 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.139 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4675, 7.3457, 30.6712)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A98 #986517

analogous

#178B98 #174A98 #251798

triadic

#174A98 #98174A #4A9817

tetradic

#174A98 #98178B #986517 #179825

square

#174A98 #98178B #986517 #179825

split-complementary

#174A98 #982517 #8B9817

monochromatic

#07162E #0F3063 #174A98 #1F64CD #4684E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#174A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#174A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A98

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A98	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18539B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7bb7',
    500: '#174a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a98;
$custom-light: #6c7bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 73.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42326,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A98

secondary

#C49347

accent

#A737F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A98

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

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