#175D72#175D72

#175D72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.074 H 222.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175D72
RGB	rgb(23, 93, 114)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, -13.35, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 22.39, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.0545 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.074 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3037, 9.2249, 17.3120)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175D72 #722C17

analogous

#17725A #175D72 #173072

triadic

#175D72 #72175D #5D7217

tetradic

#175D72 #5A1772 #722C17 #307217

square

#175D72 #5A1772 #722C17 #307217

split-complementary

#175D72 #721730 #725A17

monochromatic

#051519 #0D333F #175D72 #2187A5 #2EAFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#175D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#175D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175D72

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175D72	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 93, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.074 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648b9a',
    500: '#175d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175d72;
$custom-light: #648b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44635,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175D72

secondary

#A8563D

accent

#663EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175D72

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

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