#174B6E#174B6E

#174B6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.080 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B6E
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 110)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, -3.85, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 25.36, 261.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.037 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.08 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6828, 6.3394, 15.6730)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B6E #6E3A17

analogous

#176E65 #174B6E #171F6E

triadic

#174B6E #6E174B #4B6E17

tetradic

#174B6E #65176E #6E3A17 #1F6E17

square

#174B6E #65176E #6E3A17 #1F6E17

split-complementary

#174B6E #6E171F #6E6517

monochromatic

#051119 #0C283B #174B6E #226EA1 #2C90D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#174B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#174B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B6E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B6E	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F446D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.080 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627d98',
    500: '#174b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b6e;
$custom-light: #627d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.138,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39662,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B6E

secondary

#A4663D

accent

#833FE8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B6E

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

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