#175A85#175A85

#175A85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.095 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175A85
RGB	rgb(23, 90, 133)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, -4.30, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 30.08, 261.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0443 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.095 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2415, 9.1869, 23.5246)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175A85 #854217

analogous

#178579 #175A85 #172385

triadic

#175A85 #85175A #5A8517

tetradic

#175A85 #791785 #854217 #238517

square

#175A85 #791785 #854217 #238517

split-complementary

#175A85 #851723 #857917

monochromatic

#05131D #0E3751 #175A85 #207DB9 #3A9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#175A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#175A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175A85

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175A85	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 90, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.095 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6788a8',
    500: '#175a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175a85;
$custom-light: #6788a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.455,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44877,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175A85

secondary

#B96F3F

accent

#803BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #175A85

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

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