#174C96#174C96

#174C96 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.134 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C96
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 150)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 11.73, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 46.89, 284.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0278 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.134 258)
XYZ	xyz(8.4408, 7.5520, 29.8611)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C96 #966117

analogous

#178C96 #174C96 #221796

triadic

#174C96 #96174C #4C9617

tetradic

#174C96 #96178C #966117 #179622

square

#174C96 #96178C #966117 #179622

split-complementary

#174C96 #962217 #8C9617

monochromatic

#07162C #0F3161 #174C96 #1F67CB #4587E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#174C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#174C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C96

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C96	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.134 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7db5',
    500: '#174c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c96;
$custom-light: #6b7db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.961,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42627,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.07553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C96

secondary

#C38F45

accent

#A338F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C96

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

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