#175C8E#175C8E

#175C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.105 H 245.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175C8E
RGB	rgb(23, 92, 142)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, -2.02, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 33.54, 266.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% -0.0434 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.105 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0611, 9.7883, 26.9977)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175C8E #8E4917

analogous

#178E84 #175C8E #17218E

triadic

#175C8E #8E175C #5C8E17

tetradic

#175C8E #84178E #8E4917 #218E17

square

#175C8E #84178E #8E4917 #218E17

split-complementary

#175C8E #8E1721 #8E8417

monochromatic

#061825 #0E3A59 #175C8E #207EC3 #3F9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#175C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#175C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175C8E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175C8E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 92, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.105 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989af',
    500: '#175c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175c8e;
$custom-light: #6989af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45918,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175C8E

secondary

#C07640

accent

#8539EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #175C8E

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

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