#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
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 114)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, -2.91, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 26.89, 263.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% -0.0366 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.084 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9739, 6.5652, 16.8687)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##174C72	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C72

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

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