#174B85#174B85

#174B85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.111 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B85
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 133)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 5.44, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 37.70, 278.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% -0.0304 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.111 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1015, 6.9069, 23.1446)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B85 #855117

analogous

#178285 #174B85 #1A1785

triadic

#174B85 #85174B #4B8517

tetradic

#174B85 #851782 #855117 #17851A

square

#174B85 #851782 #855117 #17851A

split-complementary

#174B85 #851A17 #828517

monochromatic

#05101D #0E2E51 #174B85 #2068B9 #3A87DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#174B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#174B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B85

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B85	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.111 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677ca9',
    500: '#174b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b85;
$custom-light: #677ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.636,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4115,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B85

secondary

#B97F3F

accent

#993BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B85

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

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