#17596D#17596D

#17596D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.071 H 222.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17596D
RGB	rgb(23, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, -12.85, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 21.52, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0523 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.071 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6849, 8.4302, 15.7399)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17596D #6D2B17

analogous

#176D56 #17596D #172E6D

triadic

#17596D #6D1759 #596D17

tetradic

#17596D #56176D #6D2B17 #2E6D17

square

#17596D #56176D #6D2B17 #2E6D17

split-complementary

#17596D #6D172E #6D5617

monochromatic

#051519 #0C303A #17596D #2282A0 #2CACD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#17596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#17596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17596D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17596D	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.071 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638897',
    500: '#17596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17596d;
$custom-light: #638897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4332,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17596D

secondary

#A3553D

accent

#6740E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17596D

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

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