#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
RGBrgb(23, 77, 116)
HSLhsl(205, 67%, 27%)
HSVhsv(205, 80%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.23, -2.76, -27.30)
CIE-LCHlch(31.23, 27.44, 264.23°)
OKLaboklab(40.54% -0.037 -0.0775)
OKLCHoklch(40.54% 0.086 244.5)
XYZxyz(6.1584, 6.7501, 17.4979)
Luminance0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##174D741.008.942.358.94
#FFFFFF8.941.0021.001.00
#0000002.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.941.0021.001.00

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

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#174D74 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva