#174C86#174C86

#174C86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.111 H 253.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C86
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 134)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 43.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 5.18, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 37.68, 277.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% -0.031 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.111 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2393, 7.0714, 23.5330)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C86 #865117

analogous

#178386 #174C86 #191786

triadic

#174C86 #86174C #4C8617

tetradic

#174C86 #861783 #865117 #178619

square

#174C86 #861783 #865117 #178619

split-complementary

#174C86 #861917 #838617

monochromatic

#05111E #0E2E52 #174C86 #206ABA #3A88DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#174C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#174C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C86

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C86	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.111 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677da9',
    500: '#174c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c86;
$custom-light: #677da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.351,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41462,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C86

secondary

#BA7F3F

accent

#983AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C86

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

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