#174B8E#174B8E

#174B8E is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.124 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B8E
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 142)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 9.13, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 42.88, 282.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0285 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.124 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7501, 7.1664, 26.5607)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B8E #8E5A17

analogous

#17868E #174B8E #1F178E

triadic

#174B8E #8E174B #4B8E17

tetradic

#174B8E #8E1786 #8E5A17 #178E1F

square

#174B8E #8E1786 #8E5A17 #178E1F

split-complementary

#174B8E #8E1F17 #868E17

monochromatic

#061325 #0E2F59 #174B8E #2067C3 #3F86E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#174B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#174B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B8E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B8E	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.124 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697caf',
    500: '#174b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b8e;
$custom-light: #697caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41796,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B8E

secondary

#C08840

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B8E

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

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