#174E6E#174E6E

#174E6E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.078 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E6E
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 110)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, -5.77, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 24.21, 256.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% -0.0401 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.078 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8911, 6.7560, 15.7424)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E6E #6E3717

analogous

#176E62 #174E6E #17226E

triadic

#174E6E #6E174E #4E6E17

tetradic

#174E6E #62176E #6E3717 #226E17

square

#174E6E #62176E #6E3717 #226E17

split-complementary

#174E6E #6E1722 #6E6217

monochromatic

#051219 #0C2A3B #174E6E #2272A1 #2C96D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#174E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#174E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E6E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E6E	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33466D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.078 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627f97',
    500: '#174e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e6e;
$custom-light: #627f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.069,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40448,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E6E

secondary

#A4633D

accent

#7E3FE8

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E6E

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

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