#174C75#174C75

#174C75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.088 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C75
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 117)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 35%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, -1.71, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 28.41, 266.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% -0.0357 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.088 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1474, 6.6347, 17.7828)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C75 #754017

analogous

#17756F #174C75 #171D75

triadic

#174C75 #75174C #4C7517

tetradic

#174C75 #6F1775 #754017 #1D7517

square

#174C75 #6F1775 #754017 #1D7517

split-complementary

#174C75 #75171D #756F17

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2B42 #174C75 #216DA8 #308ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#174C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#174C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C75

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C75	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.088 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647d9d',
    500: '#174c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c75;
$custom-light: #647d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.17,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40345,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C75

secondary

#AA6D3D

accent

#893EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C75

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

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