Information about #174FAA color

#174FAA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#174FAA falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 79, 170) — 9% red, 31% green, 66.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 58 / 36 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #174FAA reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Tory Blue (#1450AA). Slightly further away sit Fun Blue (#1959A8) and Elvis (#16489B).

The recipe behind #174FAA is rgb(23, 79, 170), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #174FAA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#174FAA color variations

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

#174FAA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#174FAA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#174FAA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#174FAA 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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#174FAA 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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#AB7217
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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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#99AB17
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#AB2817
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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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#AB1750
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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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#7217AB
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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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#AB1799
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#AB7217
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#17AB28
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Nearest named colors to #174FAA

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

Tory Blue color link
Tory Blue

#1450AA

Fun Blue color link
Fun Blue

#1959A8

Elvis color link
Elvis

#16489B

Sapphire color link
Sapphire

#0F52BA

Jayce Blue color link
Jayce Blue

#234E9B

Denim Blue color link
Denim Blue

#2243B6

Polynesian Blue color link
Polynesian Blue

#224C98

Strong Azure color link
Strong Azure

#0054A8

Cyan Cobalt Blue color link
Cyan Cobalt Blue

#28589C

Green Blue color link
Green Blue

#1164B4

Endeavour color link
Endeavour

#0056A7

Cobalt Blue color link
Cobalt Blue

#0047AB

#174FAA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#174FAA
  • RGB23, 79, 170
  • CMYK58, 36, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(23, 79, 170)
  • HSL217°, 76%, 38%
  • HSL Precise217.143°, 76.166%, 37.843%
  • HSV217°, 86%, 67%
  • HSB217°, 86%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.310, 0.667)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.310, 0.667, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.310, 0.667)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID174FAA
  • DECIMAL ID1527722
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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