#174B96#174B96

#174B96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.135 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B96
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 150)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 50%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 12.41, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 47.53, 285.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% -0.0271 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.135 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3724, 7.4153, 29.8383)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B96 #966217

analogous

#178B96 #174B96 #231796

triadic

#174B96 #96174B #4B9617

tetradic

#174B96 #96178B #966217 #179623

square

#174B96 #96178B #966217 #179623

split-complementary

#174B96 #962317 #8B9617

monochromatic

#07162C #0F3061 #174B96 #1F66CB #4585E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#174B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#174B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B96

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B96	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.135 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cb5',
    500: '#174b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b96;
$custom-light: #6c7cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.433,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42398,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B96

secondary

#C39045

accent

#A538F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B96

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

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