#175D7F#175D7F

#175D7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.086 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175D7F
RGB	rgb(23, 93, 127)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(200, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, -8.48, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 26.45, 251.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% -0.0494 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.086 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0969, 9.5422, 21.4896)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175D7F #7F3917

analogous

#177F6D #175D7F #17297F

triadic

#175D7F #7F175D #5D7F17

tetradic

#175D7F #6D177F #7F3917 #297F17

square

#175D7F #6D177F #7F3917 #297F17

split-complementary

#175D7F #7F1729 #7F6D17

monochromatic

#05131A #0E374B #175D7F #2083B3 #36A5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#175D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#175D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175D7F

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175D7F	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 93, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.086 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668aa4',
    500: '#175d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175d7f;
$custom-light: #668aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.615,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45306,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175D7F

secondary

#B4653E

accent

#753CEC

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #175D7F

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

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