#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
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 111)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(203, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, -4.74, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 25.03, 259.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% -0.0387 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.08 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8753, 6.6369, 16.0072)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##174D6F	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D6F

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

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