#174B86#174B86

#174B86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.112 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B86
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 134)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 44%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 5.85, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 38.27, 278.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% -0.0301 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.112 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1709, 6.9347, 23.5102)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B86 #865217

analogous

#178286 #174B86 #1A1786

triadic

#174B86 #86174B #4B8617

tetradic

#174B86 #861782 #865217 #17861A

square

#174B86 #861782 #865217 #17861A

split-complementary

#174B86 #861A17 #828617

monochromatic

#05111E #0E2E52 #174B86 #2068BA #3A87DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#174B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B86

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B86	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.112 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677caa',
    500: '#174b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b86;
$custom-light: #677caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.892,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4122,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B86

secondary

#BA803F

accent

#9A3AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B86

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

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