#174E7E#174E7E

#174E7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.098 H 249.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E7E
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(208, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 0.60, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 32.14, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% -0.0349 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.098 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8422, 7.1365, 20.7515)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E7E #7E4717

analogous

#177E7B #174E7E #171B7E

triadic

#174E7E #7E174E #4E7E17

tetradic

#174E7E #7B177E #7E4717 #1B7E17

square

#174E7E #7B177E #7E4717 #1B7E17

split-complementary

#174E7E #7E171B #7E7B17

monochromatic

#05101A #0E2E4A #174E7E #206EB2 #358DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#174E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#174E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E7E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E7E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28477D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.098 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667fa3',
    500: '#174e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e7e;
$custom-light: #667fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4142,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E7E

secondary

#B3743E

accent

#8E3CEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E7E

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

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