#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
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 107)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(201, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, -6.93, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 22.93, 252.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% -0.0412 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.074 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7305, 6.6918, 14.8967)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##174E6B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E6B

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

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