#174AA1#174AA1

#174AA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.151 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174AA1
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 161)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 54%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 17.57, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 54.61, 288.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% -0.0248 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.151 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2328, 7.6518, 34.7016)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174AA1 #A16E17

analogous

#178FA1 #174AA1 #2917A1

triadic

#174AA1 #A1174A #4AA117

tetradic

#174AA1 #A1178F #A16E17 #17A129

square

#174AA1 #A1178F #A16E17 #17A129

split-complementary

#174AA1 #A12917 #8FA117

monochromatic

#081936 #0F316B #174AA1 #1F63D7 #4D85E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#174AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#174AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174AA1

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174AA1	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0155A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.151 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7bbd',
    500: '#174aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174aa1;
$custom-light: #6e7bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43045,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174AA1

secondary

#C79A4C

accent

#AC36F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #174AA1

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

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