#174F8D#174F8D

#174F8D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.117 H 254.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F8D
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 141)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 44%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 6.03, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 39.88, 278.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% -0.032 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.117 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9552, 7.6962, 26.2604)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F8D #8D5517

analogous

#178A8D #174F8D #1A178D

triadic

#174F8D #8D174F #4F8D17

tetradic

#174F8D #8D178A #8D5517 #178D1A

square

#174F8D #8D178A #8D5517 #178D1A

split-complementary

#174F8D #8D1A17 #8A8D17

monochromatic

#061424 #0E3258 #174F8D #206CC2 #3F8BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#174F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#174F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F8D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F8D	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.117 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697faf',
    500: '#174f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f8d;
$custom-light: #697faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.525,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42674,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F8D

secondary

#C08340

accent

#9939EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F8D

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

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