#174C6D#174C6D

#174C6D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.078 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C6D
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 109)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(203, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 30.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, -4.89, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 24.49, 258.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% -0.0384 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.078 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6970, 6.4545, 15.4106)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C6D #6D3817

analogous

#176D63 #174C6D #17216D

triadic

#174C6D #6D174C #4C6D17

tetradic

#174C6D #63176D #6D3817 #216D17

square

#174C6D #63176D #6D3817 #216D17

split-complementary

#174C6D #6D1721 #6D6317

monochromatic

#051219 #0C293A #174C6D #226FA0 #2C92D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#174C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#174C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C6D

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C6D	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31446C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.078 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627d97',
    500: '#174c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c6d;
$custom-light: #627d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.023,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39865,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C6D

secondary

#A3643D

accent

#8040E8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C6D

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

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