#174D6E#174D6E

#174D6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.078 H 240.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D6E
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 110)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(203, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 30%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, -5.13, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 24.57, 257.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% -0.0391 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.078 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8206, 6.6150, 15.7189)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D6E #6E3817

analogous

#176E63 #174D6E #17216E

triadic

#174D6E #6E174D #4D6E17

tetradic

#174D6E #63176E #6E3817 #216E17

square

#174D6E #63176E #6E3817 #216E17

split-complementary

#174D6E #6E1721 #6E6317

monochromatic

#051219 #0C2A3B #174D6E #2270A1 #2C94D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#174D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#174D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D6E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D6E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32456D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.078 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627e97',
    500: '#174d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d6e;
$custom-light: #627e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40185,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D6E

secondary

#A4643D

accent

#803FE8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D6E

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

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