#174D7C#174D7C

#174D7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.096 H 249.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D7C
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 124)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 0.45, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 31.59, 270.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% -0.0345 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.096 249)
XYZ	xyz(6.6439, 6.9444, 20.0551)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D7C #7C4617

analogous

#177C79 #174D7C #171B7C

triadic

#174D7C #7C174D #4D7C17

tetradic

#174D7C #79177C #7C4617 #1B7C17

square

#174D7C #79177C #7C4617 #1B7C17

split-complementary

#174D7C #7C171B #7C7917

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2D48 #174D7C #216DB0 #348CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#174D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D7C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D7C	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37507E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28467B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.096 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ea2',
    500: '#174d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d7c;
$custom-light: #657ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.921,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4104,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.06945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D7C

secondary

#B1733E

accent

#8E3CEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF3

border

#C6C9CD

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D7C

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

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