#174D5E#174D5E

#174D5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.062 H 222.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D5E
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 94)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.15, -11.25, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.15, 18.80, 233.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0454 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.062 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0268, 6.2975, 11.5381)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D5E #5E2817

analogous

#175E4B #174D5E #17295E

triadic

#174D5E #5E174D #4D5E17

tetradic

#174D5E #4B175E #5E2817 #295E17

square

#174D5E #4B175E #5E2817 #295E17

split-complementary

#174D5E #5E1729 #5E4B17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252D #174D5E #23758F #2F9EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#174D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#174D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D5E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D5E	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39445E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.062 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8b',
    500: '#174d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d5e;
$custom-light: #5f7e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39325,
    "c": 0.06194,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D5E

secondary

#95513C

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D5E

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

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