#174E6B#174E6B

#174E6B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.074 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174E6B
RGBrgb(23, 78, 107)
HSLhsl(201, 65%, 25%)
HSVhsv(201, 79%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LABlab(31.09, -6.93, -21.86)
CIE-LCHlch(31.09, 22.93, 252.40°)
OKLaboklab(40.28% -0.0412 -0.0616)
OKLCHoklch(40.28% 0.074 236.2)
XYZxyz(5.7305, 6.6918, 14.8967)
Luminance0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174E6B #6B3417
analogous
#176B5E #174E6B #17246B
triadic
#174E6B #6B174E #4E6B17
tetradic
#174E6B #5E176B #6B3417 #246B17
square
#174E6B #5E176B #6B3417 #246B17
split-complementary
#174E6B #6B1724 #6B5E17
monochromatic
#051219 #0C2939 #174E6B #22739D #2D97D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98
#174E6B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34
#174E6B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E6B
8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174E6B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174E6B1.008.982.348.98
#FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#404E6C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#35466B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005558
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.074 236.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627f95',
    500: '#174e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174e6b;
$custom-light: #627f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40279,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174E6B
secondary
#A15F3D
accent
#7A40E8
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF1
border
#C6C9CB
text
#060A0D
muted
#7A7C7E

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#174E6B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva