#174c50

Color #174c50

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-900 #0b4f4a · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#174c50

RGB

rgb(23, 76, 80)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 55.3%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 71.2%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.2%, 5%, 0%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(29.23, -15.65, -7.49)

LCH

lch(29.23, 17.35, 205.58)

OKLCH

oklch(38.4%, 0.0549, 202.27)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 9%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#501b17

Analogous

#175037

#174c50

#173050

Triadic

#174c50

#50174c

#4c5017

Split-complementary

#174c50

#501730

#503717

Tetradic

#174c50

#1b1750

#501b17

#4c5017

Square

#174c50

#371750

#501b17

#305017

Shades

Color #174c50 mixed toward black.

#133f43

#0f3335

#0c2628

#08191b

#040d0d

Tints

Color #174c50 mixed toward white.

#267e85

#35b0b9

#61cad2

#96dbe1

#caedf0

Tones

Color #174c50 mixed toward gray.

#1c484b

#214447

#254042

#2a3c3d

#2f3838

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.19:1

White text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#35364f · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#322e4f · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#1c4e4e · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #174c50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#174c50]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#174c50 (#174c50) is rgb(23, 76, 80) in RGB.

No, #174c50 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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