#17596E#17596E

#17596E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.072 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17596E
RGB	rgb(23, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, -12.48, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 21.76, 235.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% -0.0519 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.072 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7390, 8.4519, 16.0250)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17596E #6E2C17

analogous

#176E57 #17596E #172D6E

triadic

#17596E #6E1759 #596E17

tetradic

#17596E #57176E #6E2C17 #2D6E17

square

#17596E #57176E #6E2C17 #2D6E17

split-complementary

#17596E #6E172D #6E5717

monochromatic

#051419 #0C303B #17596E #2282A1 #2CABD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#17596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#17596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17596E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17596E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.072 223.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43369,
    "c": 0.07203,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17596E

secondary

#A4563D

accent

#683FE8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17596E

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

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