#174C72#174C72

#174C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.084 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174C72
RGBrgb(23, 76, 114)
HSLhsl(205, 66%, 27%)
HSVhsv(205, 80%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LABlab(30.80, -2.91, -26.73)
CIE-LCHlch(30.80, 26.89, 263.79°)
OKLaboklab(40.16% -0.0366 -0.0758)
OKLCHoklch(40.16% 0.084 244.2)
XYZxyz(5.9739, 6.5652, 16.8687)
Luminance0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174C72 #723D17
analogous
#17726B #174C72 #171F72
triadic
#174C72 #72174C #4C7217
tetradic
#174C72 #6B1772 #723D17 #1F7217
square
#174C72 #6B1772 #723D17 #1F7217
split-complementary
#174C72 #72171F #726B17
monochromatic
#051119 #0D2A3F #174C72 #216EA5 #2E8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08
#174C72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31
#174C72 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C72
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174C72#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174C721.009.082.319.08
#FFFFFF9.081.0021.001.00
#0000002.3121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.081.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3A4D74
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2E4571
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00555A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.084 244.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637d9b',
    500: '#174c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174c72;
$custom-light: #637d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40161,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174C72
secondary
#A86A3D
accent
#863EE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#06090E
muted
#7A7B7E

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#174C72 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva