#174D89#174D89

#174D89 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.114 H 254.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D89
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 137)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 43.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 5.74, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 38.79, 278.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0312 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.114 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5209, 7.2951, 24.6738)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D89 #895317

analogous

#178689 #174D89 #1A1789

triadic

#174D89 #89174D #4D8917

tetradic

#174D89 #891786 #895317 #17891A

square

#174D89 #891786 #895317 #17891A

split-complementary

#174D89 #891A17 #868917

monochromatic

#051220 #0E3055 #174D89 #206ABD #3C89DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#174D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#174D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D89

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D89	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F528B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.114 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687eac',
    500: '#174d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d89;
$custom-light: #687eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41913,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D89

secondary

#BD813F

accent

#993AEE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D89

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

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