#175A72#175A72

#175A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.075 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175A72
RGB	rgb(23, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, -11.59, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 22.70, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0513 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.075 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0455, 8.7085, 17.2259)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175A72 #722F17

analogous

#17725D #175A72 #172D72

triadic

#175A72 #72175A #5A7217

tetradic

#175A72 #5D1772 #722F17 #2D7217

square

#175A72 #5D1772 #722F17 #2D7217

split-complementary

#175A72 #72172D #725D17

monochromatic

#051419 #0D323F #175A72 #2182A5 #2EA9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#175A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#175A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175A72

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175A72	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.075 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64889a',
    500: '#175a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175a72;
$custom-light: #64889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43837,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175A72

secondary

#A8593D

accent

#6C3EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175A72

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

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