#174C7B#174C7B

#174C7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.096 H 249.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174C7B
RGBrgb(23, 76, 123)
HSLhsl(208, 68%, 29%)
HSVhsv(208, 81%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(81.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(31.30, 0.71, -31.57)
CIE-LCHlch(31.30, 31.57, 271.28°)
OKLaboklab(40.72% -0.0339 -0.0899)
OKLCHoklch(40.72% 0.096 249.4)
XYZxyz(6.5116, 6.7803, 19.7006)
Luminance0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174C7B #7B4617
analogous
#177B78 #174C7B #171A7B
triadic
#174C7B #7B174C #4C7B17
tetradic
#174C7B #78177B #7B4617 #1A7B17
square
#174C7B #78177B #7B4617 #1A7B17
split-complementary
#174C7B #7B171A #7B7817
monochromatic
#05101A #0D2C47 #174C7B #216CAF #338BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91
#174C7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36
#174C7B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C7B
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174C7B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174C7B1.008.912.368.91
#FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.911.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#364F7D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#27467A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00575D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.096 249.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657da1',
    500: '#174c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174c7b;
$custom-light: #657da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40724,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174C7B
secondary
#B0733E
accent
#8F3CEB
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#06090F
muted
#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

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#174C7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva