#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
RGBrgb(23, 78, 126)
HSLhsl(208, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(208, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(81.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(32.12, 0.60, -32.14)
CIE-LCHlch(32.12, 32.14, 271.07°)
OKLaboklab(41.42% -0.0349 -0.0916)
OKLCHoklch(41.42% 0.098 249.1)
XYZxyz(6.8422, 7.1365, 20.7515)
Luminance0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##174E7E1.008.652.438.65
#FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.651.0021.001.00

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

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#174E7E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva