#174C7A#174C7A

#174C7A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.095 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C7A
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 122)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(208, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 0.30, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 31.04, 270.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0342 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.095 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4493, 6.7554, 19.3726)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C7A #7A4517

analogous

#177A76 #174C7A #171A7A

triadic

#174C7A #7A174C #4C7A17

tetradic

#174C7A #76177A #7A4517 #1A7A17

square

#174C7A #76177A #7A4517 #1A7A17

split-complementary

#174C7A #7A171A #7A7617

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2C47 #174C7A #216CAD #338CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#174C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C7A

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C7A	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.095 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657da1',
    500: '#174c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c7a;
$custom-light: #657da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.879,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4066,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C7A

secondary

#AF723E

accent

#8E3DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C7A

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

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