#174D75#174D75

#174D75 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.087 H 245.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D75
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 117)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(206, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, -2.36, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 27.94, 265.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% -0.0367 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.087 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2169, 6.7735, 17.8059)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D75 #753F17

analogous

#17756E #174D75 #171E75

triadic

#174D75 #75174D #4D7517

tetradic

#174D75 #6E1775 #753F17 #1E7517

square

#174D75 #6E1775 #753F17 #1E7517

split-complementary

#174D75 #75171E #756E17

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2B42 #174D75 #216FA8 #3090D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#174D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D75

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D75	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.087 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647e9d',
    500: '#174d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d75;
$custom-light: #647e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40601,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D75

secondary

#AA6C3D

accent

#873EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#06090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D75

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

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