#174D5F#174D5F

#174D5F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.063 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D5F
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 95)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, -10.88, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 19.05, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% -0.045 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.063 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0719, 6.3156, 11.7760)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D5F #5F2917

analogous

#175F4D #174D5F #17295F

triadic

#174D5F #5F174D #4D5F17

tetradic

#174D5F #4D175F #5F2917 #295F17

square

#174D5F #4D175F #5F2917 #295F17

split-complementary

#174D5F #5F1729 #5F4D17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252E #174D5F #237590 #2F9DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#174D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#174D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D5F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D5F	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39445F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.063 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8c',
    500: '#174d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d5f;
$custom-light: #5f7e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39375,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D5F

secondary

#96523C

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D5F

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

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