#174F8F#174F8F

#174F8F is a dark, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.120 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F8F
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 143)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 44.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 6.85, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 41.01, 279.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0316 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.12 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1054, 7.7563, 27.0512)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F8F #8F5717

analogous

#178B8F #174F8F #1B178F

triadic

#174F8F #8F174F #4F8F17

tetradic

#174F8F #8F178B #8F5717 #178F1B

square

#174F8F #8F178B #8F5717 #178F1B

split-complementary

#174F8F #8F1B17 #8B8F17

monochromatic

#061526 #0F325A #174F8F #1F6CC4 #408BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#174F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#174F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F8F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F8F	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.120 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fb0',
    500: '#174f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f8f;
$custom-light: #6a7fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42815,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F8F

secondary

#C18541

accent

#9A39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF5

border

#C7C9CF

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F8F

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

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