#174F74#174F74

#174F74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.084 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#174F74
RGBrgb(23, 79, 116)
HSLhsl(204, 67%, 27%)
HSVhsv(204, 80%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.88, -4.04, -26.27)
CIE-LCHlch(31.88, 26.58, 261.25°)
OKLaboklab(41.06% -0.039 -0.0744)
OKLCHoklch(41.06% 0.084 242.3)
XYZxyz(6.3005, 7.0343, 17.5453)
Luminance0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#174F74 #743C17
analogous
#17746B #174F74 #172174
triadic
#174F74 #74174F #4F7417
tetradic
#174F74 #6B1774 #743C17 #217417
square
#174F74 #6B1774 #743C17 #217417
split-complementary
#174F74 #741721 #746B17
monochromatic
#05111A #0D2C41 #174F74 #2172A7 #3094D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72
#174F74 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41
#174F74 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F74
8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##174F74#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##174F741.008.722.418.72
#FFFFFF8.721.0021.001.00
#0000002.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E5076
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#314773
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00585C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #174f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.084 242.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63809c',
    500: '#174f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #174f74;
$custom-light: #63809c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#174f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.871,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41057,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#174F74
secondary
#A9683D
accent
#823EEA
background
#F6F7F9
surface
#EBEEF2
border
#C6C9CC
text
#060A0E
muted
#7A7C7E

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#174F74 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva