#174D7D#174D7D

#174D7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.098 H 249.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D7D
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 125)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 0.85, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 32.13, 271.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% -0.0343 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.098 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7075, 6.9698, 20.3898)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D7D #7D4717

analogous

#177D7A #174D7D #171A7D

triadic

#174D7D #7D174D #4D7D17

tetradic

#174D7D #7A177D #7D4717 #1A7D17

square

#174D7D #7A177D #7D4717 #1A7D17

split-complementary

#174D7D #7D171A #7D7A17

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2D49 #174D7D #216DB1 #358CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#174D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D7D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D7D	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36507F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.098 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657ea3',
    500: '#174d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d7d;
$custom-light: #657ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41105,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D7D

secondary

#B2743E

accent

#8F3CEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF3

border

#C6C9CD

text

#06090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D7D

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

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