#174b7f

Color #174b7f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 22.48 Nearest Tailwind class sky-900 #024a70 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#174b7f

RGB

rgb(23, 75, 127)

HSL

hsl(210, 69.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 81.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(31.22, 2.99, -34.18)

LCH

lch(31.22, 34.31, 275)

OKLCH

oklch(40.7%, 0.1026, 251.95)

HWB

hwb(210, 9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f4b17

Analogous

#177f7f

#174b7f

#17177f

Triadic

#174b7f

#7f174b

#4b7f17

Split-complementary

#174b7f

#7f1717

#7f7f17

Tetradic

#174b7f

#4b177f

#7f4b17

#4b7f17

Square

#174b7f

#7f177f

#7f4b17

#177f17

Shades

Color #174b7f mixed toward black.

#133e6a

#0f3255

#0c253f

#08192a

#040c15

Tints

Color #174b7f mixed toward white.

#2069b2

#3487da

#67a5e3

#99c3ed

#cce1f6

Tones

Color #174b7f mixed toward gray.

#204b76

#284b6e

#314b65

#3a4b5c

#424b54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#353575 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#322e72 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#1c6c6a · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #174b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#174b7f]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#174b7f (#174b7f) is rgb(23, 75, 127) in RGB.

No, #174b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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