#174E6D#174E6D

#174E6D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.076 H 238.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E6D
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 109)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, -6.16, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 23.77, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0405 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.076 238)
XYZ	xyz(5.8370, 6.7344, 15.4573)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E6D #6D3617

analogous

#176D61 #174E6D #17236D

triadic

#174E6D #6D174E #4E6D17

tetradic

#174E6D #61176D #6D3617 #236D17

square

#174E6D #61176D #6D3617 #236D17

split-complementary

#174E6D #6D1723 #6D6117

monochromatic

#051219 #0C2A3A #174E6D #2272A0 #2C96D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#174E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E6D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E6D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34466C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.076 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627f97',
    500: '#174e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e6d;
$custom-light: #627f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.628,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40391,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.06735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E6D

secondary

#A3623D

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E6D

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

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