#174D96#174D96

#174D96 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.132 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D96
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 150)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 48.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 11.05, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 46.26, 283.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0286 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.132 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5102, 7.6909, 29.8842)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D96 #966017

analogous

#178D96 #174D96 #211796

triadic

#174D96 #96174D #4D9617

tetradic

#174D96 #96178D #966017 #179621

square

#174D96 #96178D #966017 #179621

split-complementary

#174D96 #962117 #8D9617

monochromatic

#07172C #0F3261 #174D96 #1F68CB #4588E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#174D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#174D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D96

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D96	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.132 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7eb5',
    500: '#174d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d96;
$custom-light: #6b7eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.488,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42857,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D96

secondary

#C38E45

accent

#A238F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D96

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

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