Color #174240

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Basic facts about this digital color

#174240 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 66, 64) — 9% red, 25.9% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 1 / 74. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #174240 reads as a clearly saturated water-like cyan and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Tiber (#184343). Its next-closest registered neighbors are MSU Green (#18453B) and Stokesian 13 (#164238).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 66, 64) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #174240: 11.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:74) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. #174240 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#174240 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#174240 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#174240 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#174240 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#174240 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#174240 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

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Nearest named colors to #174240

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Tiber

#184343

MSU Green

#18453B

Stokesian 13

#164238

Cyprus

#0F4645

Zydeco

#20483F

Sherwood Green

#1B4636

Nordic

#1D393C

Brunswick Green

#1B4D3E

Tiki Tour

#234040

Goryeo Storeroom

#203838

Barometer

#11394C

Tile Green

#26433A

#174240 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#174240 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#174240
RGB23, 66, 64
CMYK17, 0, 1, 74
CSSrgb(23, 66, 64)

HSL177°, 48%, 17%
HSL Precise177.209°, 48.315%, 17.451%
HSV177°, 65%, 26%
HSB177°, 65%, 26%

Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.259
Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251

GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.259, 0.251)
GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.259, 0.251, 1.000)
HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.259, 0.251)

Percentage of Red in RGB9%
Percentage of Green in RGB25.9%
Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%

Color FamilyCyan
Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
Lightness FamilyDark

HEX ID174240
DECIMAL ID1524288
Name LengthThis color has no name

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