#175E78#175E78

#175E78 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.079 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E78
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, -11.72, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 23.84, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% -0.0531 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.079 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7448, 9.5427, 19.1994)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E78 #783117

analogous

#177861 #175E78 #172E78

triadic

#175E78 #78175E #5E7817

tetradic

#175E78 #611778 #783117 #2E7817

square

#175E78 #611778 #783117 #2E7817

split-complementary

#175E78 #78172E #786117

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3645 #175E78 #2186AB #32ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#175E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#175E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E78

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E78	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)

#505C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.079 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#175e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e78;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.452,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E78

secondary

#AD5C3E

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E78

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

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