#174E5E#174E5E

#174E5E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.062 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E5E
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 17%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, -11.85, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 18.76, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% -0.0466 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.062 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0973, 6.4385, 11.5616)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E5E #5E2717

analogous

#175E4A #174E5E #172A5E

triadic

#174E5E #5E174E #4E5E17

tetradic

#174E5E #4A175E #5E2717 #2A5E17

square

#174E5E #4A175E #5E2717 #2A5E17

split-complementary

#174E5E #5E172A #5E4A17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B252D #174E5E #23778F #2FA0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#174E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#174E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E5E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E5E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B455E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.062 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7f8b',
    500: '#174e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e5e;
$custom-light: #5f7f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39599,
    "c": 0.0618,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E5E

secondary

#95503C

accent

#6844E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E5E

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

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