#174C5C#174C5C

#174C5C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.061 H 221.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C5C
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 92)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, -11.38, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 18.40, 231.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% -0.0451 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.061 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8688, 6.1232, 11.0484)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C5C #5C2717

analogous

#175C49 #174C5C #172A5C

triadic

#174C5C #5C174C #4C5C17

tetradic

#174C5C #49175C #5C2717 #2A5C17

square

#174C5C #49175C #5C2717 #2A5C17

split-complementary

#174C5C #5C172A #5C4917

monochromatic

#061418 #0B242B #174C5C #23748D #2F9DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#174C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#174C5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C5C

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C5C	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39435C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.061 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8a',
    500: '#174c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c5c;
$custom-light: #5f7e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38952,
    "c": 0.06056,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C5C

secondary

#93503C

accent

#6945E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090B

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C5C

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

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