#174E7A#174E7A

#174E7A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.093 H 247.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E7A
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 122)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(207, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, -1.01, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 30.03, 268.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% -0.0361 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.093 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5892, 7.0353, 19.4192)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E7A #7A4317

analogous

#177A74 #174E7A #171C7A

triadic

#174E7A #7A174E #4E7A17

tetradic

#174E7A #74177A #7A4317 #1C7A17

square

#174E7A #74177A #7A4317 #1C7A17

split-complementary

#174E7A #7A171C #7A7417

monochromatic

#05101A #0D2D47 #174E7A #216FAD #338FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#174E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#174E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E7A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E7A	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A507C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.093 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657fa0',
    500: '#174e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e7a;
$custom-light: #657fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41166,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E7A

secondary

#AF703E

accent

#8A3DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E7A

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

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