#174F86#174F86

#174F86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.108 H 251.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F86
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 134)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(210, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 41%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 3.18, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 35.96, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0337 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.108 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4508, 7.4944, 23.6035)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F86 #864E17

analogous

#178685 #174F86 #171786

triadic

#174F86 #86174F #4F8617

tetradic

#174F86 #851786 #864E17 #178617

square

#174F86 #851786 #864E17 #178617

split-complementary

#174F86 #861717 #868517

monochromatic

#05111E #0E3052 #174F86 #206EBA #3A8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#174F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#174F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F86

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F86	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.108 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677fa9',
    500: '#174f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f86;
$custom-light: #677fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.73,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42194,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F86

secondary

#BA7C3F

accent

#933AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F86

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

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