#174E96#174E96

#174E96 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.131 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E96
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 150)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 48%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 10.38, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 45.63, 283.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% -0.0294 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.131 257)
XYZ	xyz(8.5807, 7.8319, 29.9077)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#174E96 #965F17

analogous

#178E96 #174E96 #201796

triadic

#174E96 #96174E #4E9617

tetradic

#174E96 #96178E #965F17 #179620

square

#174E96 #96178E #965F17 #179620

split-complementary

#174E96 #962017 #8E9617

monochromatic

#07172C #0F3261 #174E96 #1F6ACB #4589E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#174E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#174E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E96

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E96	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.131 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7eb5',
    500: '#174e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e96;
$custom-light: #6b7eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.016,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43088,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.07833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E96

secondary

#C38D45

accent

#A038F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E96

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

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