#174E7F#174E7F

#174E7F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.099 H 249.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174E7F
RGBrgb(23, 78, 127)
HSLhsl(208, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(208, 82%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(81.9%, 38.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LABlab(32.17, 1.01, -32.67)
CIE-LCHlch(32.17, 32.68, 271.76°)
OKLaboklab(41.48% -0.0346 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(41.48% 0.099 249.6)
XYZxyz(6.9070, 7.1624, 21.0930)
Luminance0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174E7F #7F4817
analogous
#177F7C #174E7F #171A7F
triadic
#174E7F #7F174E #4E7F17
tetradic
#174E7F #7C177F #7F4817 #1A7F17
square
#174E7F #7C177F #7F4817 #1A7F17
split-complementary
#174E7F #7F171A #7F7C17
monochromatic
#05101A #0E2E4B #174E7F #206EB3 #368DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63
#174E7F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43
#174E7F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E7F
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174E7F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174E7F1.008.632.438.63
#FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00
#0000002.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.631.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#375181
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#27477E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005A60
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.099 249.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667fa4',
    500: '#174e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174e7f;
$custom-light: #667fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41484,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174E7F
secondary
#B4763E
accent
#8F3CEC
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#EBEEF4
border
#C6C9CE
text
#070A0F
muted
#7A7C7F

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#174E7F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva