#174E77#174E77

#174E77 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.089 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E77
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 119)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, -2.21, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 28.49, 265.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% -0.037 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.089 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4062, 6.9621, 18.4554)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E77 #774017

analogous

#177770 #174E77 #171E77

triadic

#174E77 #77174E #4E7717

tetradic

#174E77 #701777 #774017 #1E7717

square

#174E77 #701777 #774017 #1E7717

split-complementary

#174E77 #77171E #777017

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2C44 #174E77 #2170AA #3190D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#174E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#174E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E77

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E77	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.089 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647f9e',
    500: '#174e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e77;
$custom-light: #647f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.625,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4098,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E77

secondary

#AC6D3E

accent

#873DEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E77

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

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