#174E7C#174E7C

#174E7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.095 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174E7C
RGBrgb(23, 78, 124)
HSLhsl(207, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(207, 81%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(81.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(32.00, -0.21, -31.08)
CIE-LCHlch(32.00, 31.08, 269.62°)
OKLaboklab(41.29% -0.0355 -0.0885)
OKLCHoklch(41.29% 0.095 248.1)
XYZxyz(6.7144, 7.0854, 20.0786)
Luminance0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174E7C #7C4517
analogous
#177C78 #174E7C #171C7C
triadic
#174E7C #7C174E #4E7C17
tetradic
#174E7C #78177C #7C4517 #1C7C17
square
#174E7C #78177C #7C4517 #1C7C17
split-complementary
#174E7C #7C171C #7C7817
monochromatic
#05101A #0D2E48 #174E7C #216EB0 #348ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69
#174E7C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42
#174E7C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E7C
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174E7C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174E7C1.008.692.428.69
#FFFFFF8.691.0021.001.00
#0000002.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#38507E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2A477B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00595F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.095 248.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657fa2',
    500: '#174e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174e7c;
$custom-light: #657fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.327,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41292,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174E7C
secondary
#B1723E
accent
#8C3CEC
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEEF3
border
#C6C9CD
text
#060A0F
muted
#7A7C7F

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#174E7C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva