#175970#175970

#175970 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.074 H 226.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175970
RGB	rgb(23, 89, 112)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, -11.74, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 22.28, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0511 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.074 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8492, 8.4959, 16.6050)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175970 #702E17

analogous

#17705B #175970 #172D70

triadic

#175970 #701759 #597017

tetradic

#175970 #5B1770 #702E17 #2D7017

square

#175970 #5B1770 #702E17 #2D7017

split-complementary

#175970 #70172D #705B17

monochromatic

#051419 #0D313D #175970 #2181A3 #2DA9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#175970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#175970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175970

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175970	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 89, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.074 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638899',
    500: '#175970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175970;
$custom-light: #638899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43469,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175970

secondary

#A6583D

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175970

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

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