#174C6F#174C6F

#174C6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.080 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C6F
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 111)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, -4.10, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 25.43, 260.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% -0.0377 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.08 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8059, 6.4981, 15.9841)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C6F #6F3A17

analogous

#176F66 #174C6F #17206F

triadic

#174C6F #6F174C #4C6F17

tetradic

#174C6F #66176F #6F3A17 #206F17

square

#174C6F #66176F #6F3A17 #206F17

split-complementary

#174C6F #6F1720 #6F6617

monochromatic

#051119 #0C293C #174C6F #226FA2 #2D91D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#174C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C6F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C6F	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30446E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.080 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627d98',
    500: '#174c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c6f;
$custom-light: #627d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.864,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39982,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C6F

secondary

#A5663D

accent

#833FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C6F

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

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