#174C8F#174C8F

#174C8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.124 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C8F
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 143)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 46.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 8.87, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 42.84, 281.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% -0.0291 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.124 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8939, 7.3332, 26.9807)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C8F #8F5A17

analogous

#17888F #174C8F #1E178F

triadic

#174C8F #8F174C #4C8F17

tetradic

#174C8F #8F1788 #8F5A17 #178F1E

square

#174C8F #8F1788 #8F5A17 #178F1E

split-complementary

#174C8F #8F1E17 #888F17

monochromatic

#061426 #0F305A #174C8F #1F68C4 #4087E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#174C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#174C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C8F

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C8F	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09488E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.124 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7db0',
    500: '#174c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c8f;
$custom-light: #6a7db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42105,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C8F

secondary

#C18841

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C8F

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

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