#174C60#174C60

#174C60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.064 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C60
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 96)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 20.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, -9.89, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 19.44, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% -0.0434 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.064 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0483, 6.1950, 11.9938)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C60 #602B17

analogous

#17604F #174C60 #172760

triadic

#174C60 #60174C #4C6017

tetradic

#174C60 #4F1760 #602B17 #276017

square

#174C60 #4F1760 #602B17 #276017

split-complementary

#174C60 #601727 #604F17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252F #174C60 #237391 #2F9AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#174C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C60

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C60	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.064 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8d',
    500: '#174c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c60;
$custom-light: #5f7e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39153,
    "c": 0.0639,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C60

secondary

#97553C

accent

#6F43E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C60

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

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