#174E8D#174E8D

#174E8D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.119 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E8D
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 6.70, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 40.47, 279.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0312 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.119 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8837, 7.5531, 26.2365)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E8D #8D5617

analogous

#17898D #174E8D #1B178D

triadic

#174E8D #8D174E #4E8D17

tetradic

#174E8D #8D1789 #8D5617 #178D1B

square

#174E8D #8D1789 #8D5617 #178D1B

split-complementary

#174E8D #8D1B17 #898D17

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3158 #174E8D #206BC2 #3F8AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#174E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#174E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E8D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E8D	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E538F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.119 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#174e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e8d;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.034,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42435,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E8D

secondary

#C08440

accent

#9A39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E8D

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

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