#174cb0

Color #174cb0

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 15.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#174cb0

RGB

rgb(23, 76, 176)

HSL

hsl(219.2, 76.9%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.2, 86.9%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(34.97, 22.26, -57.86)

LCH

lch(34.97, 61.99, 291.04)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.1691, 261.6)

HWB

hwb(219.2, 9%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b07b17

Analogous

#1798b0

#174cb0

#2e17b0

Triadic

#174cb0

#b0174c

#4cb017

Split-complementary

#174cb0

#b02e17

#98b017

Tetradic

#174cb0

#7b17b0

#b07b17

#4cb017

Square

#174cb0

#b01798

#b07b17

#17b02e

Shades

Color #174cb0 mixed toward black.

#133f93

#0f3375

#0b2658

#08193b

#040d1d

Tints

Color #174cb0 mixed toward white.

#1d60de

#487fe7

#759fed

#a3bff3

#d1dff9

Tones

Color #174cb0 mixed toward gray.

#2450a3

#305496

#3d588a

#4a5c7d

#576070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#35369f · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#322e9b · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#1c908c · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #174cb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#174cb0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#174cb0 (#174cb0) is rgb(23, 76, 176) in RGB.

No, #174cb0 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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