#174B68#174B68

#174B68 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.073 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B68
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 104)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, -6.21, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 22.63, 254.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0391 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.073 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3671, 6.2132, 14.0104)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B68 #683417

analogous

#17685C #174B68 #172368

triadic

#174B68 #68174B #4B6817

tetradic

#174B68 #5C1768 #683417 #236817

square

#174B68 #5C1768 #683417 #236817

split-complementary

#174B68 #681723 #685C17

monochromatic

#061219 #0C2736 #174B68 #226F9A #2D93CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#174B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B68

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B68	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.073 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617d93',
    500: '#174b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b68;
$custom-light: #617d93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.481,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39315,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B68

secondary

#9E603D

accent

#7C41E7

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B68

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

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