#174D85#174D85

#174D85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.109 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D85
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 133)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(211, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 4.11, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 36.53, 276.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% -0.0321 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.109 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2393, 7.1825, 23.1906)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D85 #854F17

analogous

#178485 #174D85 #181785

triadic

#174D85 #85174D #4D8517

tetradic

#174D85 #851784 #854F17 #178518

square

#174D85 #851784 #854F17 #178518

split-complementary

#174D85 #851817 #848517

monochromatic

#05111D #0E2F51 #174D85 #206BB9 #3A8ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#174D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#174D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D85

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D85	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.109 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677ea9',
    500: '#174d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d85;
$custom-light: #677ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41637,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D85

secondary

#B97D3F

accent

#963BED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D85

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

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