#174B5C#174B5C

#174B5C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.061 H 223.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B5C
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 92)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 18.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, -10.78, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 18.45, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% -0.044 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.061 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8004, 5.9865, 11.0257)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B5C #5C2817

analogous

#175C4B #174B5C #17285C

triadic

#174B5C #5C174B #4B5C17

tetradic

#174B5C #4B175C #5C2817 #285C17

square

#174B5C #4B175C #5C2817 #285C17

split-complementary

#174B5C #5C1728 #5C4B17

monochromatic

#061418 #0B232B #174B5C #23738D #2F9BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#174B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B5C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B5C	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41495D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38425C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.061 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7d8a',
    500: '#174b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b5c;
$custom-light: #5f7d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38677,
    "c": 0.06072,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B5C

secondary

#93513C

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B5C

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

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