Colour
#174D3E
- #174D3E
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#174D3E is a cyan with RGB values 23, 77, 62 and HSL 163°, 54%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#174D3E#174D3E
HEX#174D3E
RGBrgb(23, 77, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.302, 0.2431
RGB percentages9%, 30.2%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(163.3, 54%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 70.1%, 30.2%)
CMYK70.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,527,102
CSS custom property--colour: #174D3E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.05838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#E8B2C1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4D1726
Analogous#174D23, #17414D
Triadic#3E174D, #4D3E17
Split complementary#4D1741, #4D2317
Tetradic#23174D, #4D1726, #414D17
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R23
G77
B62
Red23 (9%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue163.33°
Saturation (HSL)54%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 4D · B 3E
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