#174B8C#174B8C

#174B8C is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.121 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B8C
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 140)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 8.31, -40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 41.72, 281.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% -0.0289 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.121 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6013, 7.1068, 25.7770)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B8C #8C5817

analogous

#17868C #174B8C #1D178C

triadic

#174B8C #8C174B #4B8C17

tetradic

#174B8C #8C1786 #8C5817 #178C1D

square

#174B8C #8C1786 #8C5817 #178C1D

split-complementary

#174B8C #8C1D17 #868C17

monochromatic

#061323 #0E2F57 #174B8C #2067C1 #3E86DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#174B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#174B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B8C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B8C	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28518E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.121 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697cae',
    500: '#174b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b8c;
$custom-light: #697cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4165,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B8C

secondary

#BF873F

accent

#9E39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B8C

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

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