#174C90#174C90

#174C90 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.125 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C90
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 144)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 47.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 9.28, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 43.41, 282.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0289 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.125 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9700, 7.3637, 27.3814)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C90 #905B17

analogous

#178890 #174C90 #1E1790

triadic

#174C90 #90174C #4C9017

tetradic

#174C90 #901788 #905B17 #17901E

square

#174C90 #901788 #905B17 #17901E

split-complementary

#174C90 #901E17 #889017

monochromatic

#061426 #0F305B #174C90 #1F68C5 #4187E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#174C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#174C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C90

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C90	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06488F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.125 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7db1',
    500: '#174c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c90;
$custom-light: #6a7db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.719,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42178,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C90

secondary

#C18942

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#080911

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C90

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

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