#174F6F#174F6F

#174F6F is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.078 H 238.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F6F
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 111)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, -6.01, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 24.30, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.0408 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.078 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0174, 6.9211, 16.0546)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F6F #6F3717

analogous

#176F63 #174F6F #17236F

triadic

#174F6F #6F174F #4F6F17

tetradic

#174F6F #63176F #6F3717 #236F17

square

#174F6F #63176F #6F3717 #236F17

split-complementary

#174F6F #6F1723 #6F6317

monochromatic

#051219 #0C2B3C #174F6F #2273A2 #2D97D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#174F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#174F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F6F

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F6F	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34476E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.078 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#628098',
    500: '#174f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f6f;
$custom-light: #628098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40767,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F6F

secondary

#A5633D

accent

#7D3FE9

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F6F

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

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