#174B8D#174B8D

#174B8D is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.122 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174B8D
RGBrgb(23, 75, 141)
HSLhsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(83.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(32.12, 8.72, -41.39)
CIE-LCHlch(32.12, 42.30, 281.90°)
OKLaboklab(41.72% -0.0287 -0.1188)
OKLCHoklch(41.72% 0.122 256.4)
XYZxyz(7.6754, 7.1365, 26.1671)
Luminance0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174B8D #8D5917
analogous
#17868D #174B8D #1E178D
triadic
#174B8D #8D174B #4B8D17
tetradic
#174B8D #8D1786 #8D5917 #178D1E
square
#174B8D #8D1786 #8D5917 #178D1E
split-complementary
#174B8D #8D1E17 #868D17
monochromatic
#061324 #0E2F58 #174B8D #2067C2 #3F86E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65
#174B8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43
#174B8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B8D
8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174B8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174B8D1.008.652.438.65
#FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#285190
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0A478C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005B65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.122 256.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697caf',
    500: '#174b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174b8d;
$custom-light: #697caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41723,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174B8D
secondary
#C08740
accent
#9F39EF
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEEF4
border
#C7C9CE
text
#070910
muted
#7A7B7F

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#174B8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva