#174F64#174F64

#174F64 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.066 H 227.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F64
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 100)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 21%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, -10.22, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 20.20, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0451 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.066 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4486, 6.6936, 13.0590)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F64 #642C17

analogous

#176453 #174F64 #172964

triadic

#174F64 #64174F #4F6417

tetradic

#174F64 #531764 #642C17 #296417

square

#174F64 #531764 #642C17 #296417

split-complementary

#174F64 #641729 #645317

monochromatic

#061419 #0C2832 #174F64 #227696 #2E9EC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#174F64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#174F64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F64

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F64	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.066 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608090',
    500: '#174f64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f64;
$custom-light: #608090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40173,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F64

secondary

#9A563C

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F64

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

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