#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
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 141)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 8.72, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 42.30, 281.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% -0.0287 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.122 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6754, 7.1365, 26.1671)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##174B8D	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B8D

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

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