#174D7E#174D7E

#174D7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.099 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174D7E
RGBrgb(23, 77, 126)
HSLhsl(209, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(209, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(81.7%, 38.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(31.80, 1.26, -32.64)
CIE-LCHlch(31.80, 32.67, 272.21°)
OKLaboklab(41.17% -0.034 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(41.17% 0.099 249.9)
XYZxyz(6.7717, 6.9955, 20.7280)
Luminance0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174D7E #7E4817
analogous
#177E7C #174D7E #17197E
triadic
#174D7E #7E174D #4D7E17
tetradic
#174D7E #7C177E #7E4817 #197E17
square
#174D7E #7C177E #7E4817 #197E17
split-complementary
#174D7E #7E1719 #7E7C17
monochromatic
#05101A #0E2D4A #174D7E #206DB2 #358CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75
#174D7E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40
#174D7E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D7E
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174D7E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174D7E1.008.752.408.75
#FFFFFF8.751.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#365080
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#26477D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00595F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.099 249.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667ea3',
    500: '#174d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174d7e;
$custom-light: #667ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.544,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4117,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174D7E
secondary
#B3763E
accent
#903CEC
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEEF4
border
#C6C9CE
text
#07090F
muted
#7A7B7F

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#174D7E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva