#174B60#174B60

#174B60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.064 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B60
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 96)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 21.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, -9.28, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 19.60, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% -0.0423 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.064 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9799, 6.0583, 11.9710)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B60 #602C17

analogous

#176050 #174B60 #172660

triadic

#174B60 #60174B #4B6017

tetradic

#174B60 #501760 #602C17 #266017

square

#174B60 #501760 #602C17 #266017

split-complementary

#174B60 #601726 #605017

monochromatic

#061319 #0B242F #174B60 #237291 #2F98C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#174B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#174B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B60

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B60	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.064 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7d8d',
    500: '#174b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b60;
$custom-light: #5f7d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38881,
    "c": 0.06427,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B60

secondary

#97563C

accent

#7243E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B60

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

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