#174E69#174E69

#174E69 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.072 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E69
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 105)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(200, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, -7.71, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 22.13, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.042 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.072 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6265, 6.6502, 14.3489)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E69 #693217

analogous

#17695B #174E69 #172569

triadic

#174E69 #69174E #4E6917

tetradic

#174E69 #5B1769 #693217 #256917

square

#174E69 #5B1769 #693217 #256917

split-complementary

#174E69 #691725 #695B17

monochromatic

#051319 #0C2937 #174E69 #22739B #2D99CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#174E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#174E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E69

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E69	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414D6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.072 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617f94',
    500: '#174e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e69;
$custom-light: #617f94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40169,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E69

secondary

#9F5D3D

accent

#7841E7

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF1

border

#C6C9CB

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E69

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

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