#174F65#174F65

#174F65 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.067 H 228.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F65
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 101)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, -9.85, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 20.51, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% -0.0447 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.067 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4973, 6.7131, 13.3154)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F65 #652D17

analogous

#176554 #174F65 #172865

triadic

#174F65 #65174F #4F6517

tetradic

#174F65 #541765 #652D17 #286517

square

#174F65 #541765 #652D17 #286517

split-complementary

#174F65 #651728 #655417

monochromatic

#061319 #0C2833 #174F65 #227697 #2E9DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#174F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#174F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F65

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F65	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434E66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.067 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608091',
    500: '#174f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f65;
$custom-light: #608091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40224,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F65

secondary

#9B573C

accent

#7042E6

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEF0

border

#C6C9CB

text

#050A0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F65

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →