#174B56#174B56

#174B56 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.057 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B56
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, -12.96, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 17.34, 221.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% -0.0467 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.057 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5484, 5.8857, 9.6986)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B56 #562217

analogous

#175642 #174B56 #172C56

triadic

#174B56 #56174B #4B5617

tetradic

#174B56 #421756 #562217 #2C5617

square

#174B56 #421756 #562217 #2C5617

split-complementary

#174B56 #56172C #564217

monochromatic

#061518 #0A2126 #174B56 #247586 #319FB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#174B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#174B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B56

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B56	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.057 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7d85',
    500: '#174b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b56;
$custom-light: #5e7d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38387,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B56

secondary

#8D4A3C

accent

#6247E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B56

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

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