#174C7C#174C7C

#174C7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.097 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C7C
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 124)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(209, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 1.11, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 32.11, 271.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% -0.0336 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.097 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5745, 6.8055, 20.0320)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C7C #7C4717

analogous

#177C7A #174C7C #171A7C

triadic

#174C7C #7C174C #4C7C17

tetradic

#174C7C #7A177C #7C4717 #1A7C17

square

#174C7C #7A177C #7C4717 #1A7C17

split-complementary

#174C7C #7C171A #7C7A17

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2C48 #174C7C #216CB0 #348BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#174C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#174C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C7C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C7C	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.097 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657da2',
    500: '#174c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c7c;
$custom-light: #657da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.515,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40789,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C7C

secondary

#B1753E

accent

#903CEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF3

border

#C6C9CD

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C7C

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

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