#174D74#174D74

#174D74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.086 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D74
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 116)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(205, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, -2.76, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 27.44, 264.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% -0.037 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.086 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1584, 6.7501, 17.4979)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D74 #743E17

analogous

#17746C #174D74 #171F74

triadic

#174D74 #74174D #4D7417

tetradic

#174D74 #6C1774 #743E17 #1F7417

square

#174D74 #6C1774 #743E17 #1F7417

split-complementary

#174D74 #74171F #746C17

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2B41 #174D74 #216FA7 #3090D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#174D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D74

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D74	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.086 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637e9c',
    500: '#174d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d74;
$custom-light: #637e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4054,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D74

secondary

#A96B3D

accent

#863EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D74

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

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