#174C97#174C97

#174C97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.135 H 258.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C97
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 151)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 12.14, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 47.48, 284.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0277 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.135 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5216, 7.5844, 30.2869)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C97 #976217

analogous

#178C97 #174C97 #221797

triadic

#174C97 #97174C #4C9717

tetradic

#174C97 #97178C #976217 #179722

square

#174C97 #97178C #976217 #179722

split-complementary

#174C97 #972217 #8C9717

monochromatic

#07172D #0F3162 #174C97 #1F67CC #4687E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#174C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#174C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C97

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C97	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F549A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.135 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7db6',
    500: '#174c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c97;
$custom-light: #6c7db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.156,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42703,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C97

secondary

#C49046

accent

#A438F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C97

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

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