#174C79#174C79

#174C79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.093 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C79
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 121)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 37.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, -0.10, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 30.50, 269.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% -0.0345 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.093 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3877, 6.7308, 19.0480)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C79 #794417

analogous

#177975 #174C79 #171B79

triadic

#174C79 #79174C #4C7917

tetradic

#174C79 #751779 #794417 #1B7917

square

#174C79 #751779 #794417 #1B7917

split-complementary

#174C79 #79171B #797517

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2C46 #174C79 #216CAC #328CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#174C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C79

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C79	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.093 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647da0',
    500: '#174c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c79;
$custom-light: #647da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.551,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40596,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C79

secondary

#AE713E

accent

#8D3DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C79

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

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