#175C72#175C72

#175C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.074 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175C72
RGB	rgb(23, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.08, -12.77, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.08, 22.47, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% -0.0534 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.074 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2165, 9.0505, 17.2829)
Luminance	0.0905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175C72 #722D17

analogous

#17725A #175C72 #172F72

triadic

#175C72 #72175C #5C7217

tetradic

#175C72 #5A1772 #722D17 #2F7217

square

#175C72 #5A1772 #722D17 #2F7217

split-complementary

#175C72 #72172F #725A17

monochromatic

#051519 #0D333F #175C72 #2185A5 #2EADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#175C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#175C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175C72

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175C72	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.074 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648a9a',
    500: '#175c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175c72;
$custom-light: #648a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44369,
    "c": 0.07445,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175C72

secondary

#A8573D

accent

#683EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175C72

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

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