#174C8C#174C8C

#174C8C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.120 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C8C
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 140)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 7.64, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 41.11, 280.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% -0.0297 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.12 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6697, 7.2436, 25.7998)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C8C #8C5717

analogous

#17868C #174C8C #1D178C

triadic

#174C8C #8C174C #4C8C17

tetradic

#174C8C #8C1786 #8C5717 #178C1D

square

#174C8C #8C1786 #8C5717 #178C1D

split-complementary

#174C8C #8C1D17 #868C17

monochromatic

#061323 #0E2F57 #174C8C #2069C1 #3E87DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#174C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#174C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C8C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C8C	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A528E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.120 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697dae',
    500: '#174c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c8c;
$custom-light: #697dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.821,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41887,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C8C

secondary

#BF853F

accent

#9C39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C8C

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

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