#174D6F#174D6F

#174D6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.080 H 240.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174D6F
RGBrgb(23, 77, 111)
HSLhsl(203, 66%, 26%)
HSVhsv(203, 79%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(79.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LABlab(30.97, -4.74, -24.58)
CIE-LCHlch(30.97, 25.03, 259.08°)
OKLaboklab(40.24% -0.0387 -0.0695)
OKLCHoklch(40.24% 0.08 240.9)
XYZxyz(5.8753, 6.6369, 16.0072)
Luminance0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174D6F #6F3917
analogous
#176F65 #174D6F #17216F
triadic
#174D6F #6F174D #4D6F17
tetradic
#174D6F #65176F #6F3917 #216F17
square
#174D6F #65176F #6F3917 #216F17
split-complementary
#174D6F #6F1721 #6F6517
monochromatic
#051219 #0C2A3C #174D6F #2270A2 #2D93D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02
#174D6F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33
#174D6F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D6F
9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174D6F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174D6F1.009.022.339.02
#FFFFFF9.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D4D71
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#31456E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005559
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.080 240.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627e98',
    500: '#174d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174d6f;
$custom-light: #627e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40243,
    "c": 0.07959,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174D6F
secondary
#A5653D
accent
#813FE9
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

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#174D6F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva