#174C5F#174C5F

#174C5F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.063 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C5F
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 95)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 20%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, -10.27, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 19.15, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% -0.0438 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.063 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0025, 6.1767, 11.7528)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C5F #5F2A17

analogous

#175F4E #174C5F #17285F

triadic

#174C5F #5F174C #4C5F17

tetradic

#174C5F #4E175F #5F2A17 #285F17

square

#174C5F #4E175F #5F2A17 #285F17

split-complementary

#174C5F #5F1728 #5F4E17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252E #174C5F #237390 #2F9BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#174C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C5F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C5F	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38435F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.063 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8c',
    500: '#174c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c5f;
$custom-light: #5f7e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39102,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C5F

secondary

#96543C

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C5F

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

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