#174E60#174E60

#174E60 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.063 H 223.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E60
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 18.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, -11.11, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 19.22, 234.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% -0.0457 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.063 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1882, 6.4749, 12.0404)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E60 #602917

analogous

#17604D #174E60 #172960

triadic

#174E60 #60174E #4E6017

tetradic

#174E60 #4D1760 #602917 #296017

square

#174E60 #4D1760 #602917 #296017

split-complementary

#174E60 #601729 #604D17

monochromatic

#061419 #0B262F #174E60 #237691 #2F9EC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#174E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E60

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E60	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.063 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607f8d',
    500: '#174e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e60;
$custom-light: #607f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 61.345,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39698,
    "c": 0.06334,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E60

secondary

#97523C

accent

#6B43E4

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#797C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E60

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

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