#174D5D#174D5D

#174D5D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.061 H 221.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D5D
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 93)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, -11.61, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 18.58, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% -0.0458 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.061 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9822, 6.2797, 11.3033)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D5D #5D2717

analogous

#175D4A #174D5D #172A5D

triadic

#174D5D #5D174D #4D5D17

tetradic

#174D5D #4A175D #5D2717 #2A5D17

square

#174D5D #4A175D #5D2717 #2A5D17

split-complementary

#174D5D #5D172A #5D4A17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B242C #174D5D #23768E #2F9EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#174D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#174D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D5D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D5D	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A445D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.061 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8b',
    500: '#174d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d5d;
$custom-light: #5f7f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39276,
    "c": 0.06118,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D5D

secondary

#94503C

accent

#6944E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D5D

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

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