Colour

#174F5E

#174F5E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#174F5E is a cyan with RGB values 23, 79, 94 and HSL 193°, 61%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#174F5E#174F5E

HEX#174F5E

RGBrgb(23, 79, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.3098, 0.3686

RGB percentages9%, 31%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(192.7, 60.7%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 75.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK75.5%, 16%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,527,646

CSS custom property--colour: #174F5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#E8B0A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#464D5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C455Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#005454no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.3 Dim grey · ΔE 23.1 Slate grey · ΔE 24.5 Teal · ΔE 24.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5E2617

Analogous#175E49, #172C5E

Triadic#5E174F, #4F5E17

Split complementary#5E172B, #5E4917

Tetradic#4A175E, #5E2617, #2C5E17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#67C2DA

Lighter +30%#3EB1D0

Lighter +20%#2B94B0

Lighter +10%#217187

Darker −10%#0D2D35

Darker −20%#030A0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#08576D

Less saturated −25%#26474F

Channel breakdown

R23

G79

B94

Red23 (9%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue192.68°

Saturation (HSL)60.68%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 17 · G 4F · B 5E

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