#174B79#174B79

#174B79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.094 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B79
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 121)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 38%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 0.56, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 31.02, 271.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% -0.0335 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.094 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3193, 6.5940, 19.0252)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B79 #794517

analogous

#177976 #174B79 #171A79

triadic

#174B79 #79174B #4B7917

tetradic

#174B79 #761779 #794517 #1A7917

square

#174B79 #761779 #794517 #1A7917

split-complementary

#174B79 #79171A #797617

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2B46 #174B79 #216BAC #328AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#174B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#174B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B79

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B79	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.094 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647ca0',
    500: '#174b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b79;
$custom-light: #647ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40343,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B79

secondary

#AE723E

accent

#8F3DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B79

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

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