#174C68#174C68

#174C68 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.072 H 236.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C68
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 104)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 26.9%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, -6.84, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 22.31, 252.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% -0.0402 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.072 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4355, 6.3499, 14.0332)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C68 #683317

analogous

#17685C #174C68 #172368

triadic

#174C68 #68174C #4C6817

tetradic

#174C68 #5C1768 #683317 #236817

square

#174C68 #5C1768 #683317 #236817

split-complementary

#174C68 #681723 #685C17

monochromatic

#061219 #0C2736 #174C68 #22719A #2D95CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#174C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#174C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C68

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C68	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.072 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617e93',
    500: '#174c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c68;
$custom-light: #617e93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39581,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C68

secondary

#9E5E3D

accent

#7A41E7

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C68

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →