#175C85#175C85

#175C85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.094 H 240.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175C85
RGB	rgb(23, 92, 133)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, -5.55, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 29.29, 259.08°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% -0.0463 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.094 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4125, 9.5289, 23.5816)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175C85 #854017

analogous

#178577 #175C85 #172585

triadic

#175C85 #85175C #5C8517

tetradic

#175C85 #771785 #854017 #258517

square

#175C85 #771785 #854017 #258517

split-complementary

#175C85 #851725 #857717

monochromatic

#05141D #0E3851 #175C85 #2080B9 #3AA0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#175C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#175C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175C85

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175C85	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 92, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.094 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688aa8',
    500: '#175c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175c85;
$custom-light: #688aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.364,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45385,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175C85

secondary

#B96C3F

accent

#7D3BED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #175C85

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

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