#174E97#174E97

#174E97 is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.132 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E97
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 151)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 10.79, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 46.21, 283.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% -0.0292 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.132 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6616, 7.8642, 30.3336)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E97 #976017

analogous

#178E97 #174E97 #201797

triadic

#174E97 #97174E #4E9717

tetradic

#174E97 #97178E #976017 #179720

square

#174E97 #97178E #976017 #179720

split-complementary

#174E97 #972017 #8E9717

monochromatic

#07172D #0F3362 #174E97 #1F69CC #4689E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#174E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#174E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E97

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E97	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25559A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.132 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7eb6',
    500: '#174e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e97;
$custom-light: #6c7eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.219,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43162,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E97

secondary

#C48E46

accent

#A138F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E97

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

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