#174D60#174D60

#174D60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.064 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D60
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 96)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 19.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, -10.50, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 19.32, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% -0.0445 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.064 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1177, 6.3339, 12.0169)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D60 #602A17

analogous

#17604E #174D60 #172860

triadic

#174D60 #60174D #4D6017

tetradic

#174D60 #4E1760 #602A17 #286017

square

#174D60 #4E1760 #602A17 #286017

split-complementary

#174D60 #601728 #604E17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252F #174D60 #237591 #2F9CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#174D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#174D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D60

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D60	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.064 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7e8d',
    500: '#174d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d60;
$custom-light: #5f7e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39426,
    "c": 0.06359,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D60

secondary

#97543C

accent

#6D43E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D60

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

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