#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
RGBrgb(23, 76, 124)
HSLhsl(209, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(209, 81%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(81.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(31.36, 1.11, -32.09)
CIE-LCHlch(31.36, 32.11, 271.98°)
OKLaboklab(40.79% -0.0336 -0.0915)
OKLCHoklch(40.79% 0.097 249.8)
XYZxyz(6.5745, 6.8055, 20.0320)
Luminance0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##174C7C1.008.892.368.89
#FFFFFF8.891.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.891.0021.001.00

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

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#174C7C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva