#174E79#174E79

#174E79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.091 H 246.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E79
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, -1.41, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 29.51, 267.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% -0.0364 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.091 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5276, 7.0106, 19.0946)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E79 #794217

analogous

#177973 #174E79 #171D79

triadic

#174E79 #79174E #4E7917

tetradic

#174E79 #731779 #794217 #1D7917

square

#174E79 #731779 #794217 #1D7917

split-complementary

#174E79 #79171D #797317

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2D46 #174E79 #216FAC #328FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#174E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#174E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E79

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E79	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A507B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.091 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647fa0',
    500: '#174e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e79;
$custom-light: #647fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.327,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41103,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E79

secondary

#AE6F3E

accent

#893DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E79

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

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