#174B90#174B90

#174B90 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.126 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B90
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 144)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 47.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 9.95, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 44.04, 283.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.0281 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.126 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9016, 7.2270, 27.3586)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B90 #905C17

analogous

#178790 #174B90 #201790

triadic

#174B90 #90174B #4B9017

tetradic

#174B90 #901787 #905C17 #179020

square

#174B90 #901787 #905C17 #179020

split-complementary

#174B90 #902017 #879017

monochromatic

#061426 #0F305B #174B90 #1F66C5 #4185E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#174B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#174B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B90

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B90	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00478F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.126 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7cb1',
    500: '#174b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b90;
$custom-light: #6a7cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.215,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41944,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B90

secondary

#C18A42

accent

#A139EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#080911

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B90

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

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