#174F79#174F79

#174F79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.090 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F79
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 121)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(206, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 34.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, -2.06, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 29.04, 265.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% -0.0374 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.09 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5992, 7.1538, 19.1185)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F79 #794117

analogous

#177972 #174F79 #171E79

triadic

#174F79 #79174F #4F7917

tetradic

#174F79 #721779 #794117 #1E7917

square

#174F79 #721779 #794117 #1E7917

split-complementary

#174F79 #79171E #797217

monochromatic

#05111A #0D2D46 #174F79 #2171AC #3291D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#174F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#174F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F79

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F79	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B517B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.090 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6480a0',
    500: '#174f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f79;
$custom-light: #6480a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41358,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F79

secondary

#AE6E3E

accent

#873DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#060A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F79

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

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