#1697B4#1697B4

#1697B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1697B4
RGB	rgb(22, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -21.90, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 32.68, 227.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0851 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.109 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6322, 25.5965, 47.0771)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1697B4 #B43316

analogous

#16B482 #1697B4 #1648B4

triadic

#1697B4 #B41697 #97B416

tetradic

#1697B4 #8216B4 #B43316 #48B416

square

#1697B4 #8216B4 #B43316 #48B416

split-complementary

#1697B4 #B41648 #B48216

monochromatic

#093C47 #0F697D #1697B4 #23C1E4 #5AD0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#1697B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#1697B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1697B4

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1697B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1697B4	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1697b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5ca',
    500: '#1697b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1697b4;
$custom-light: #75b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1697b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.013,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62605,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1697B4

secondary

#CE6D58

accent

#5733F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1697B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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