#175E7A#175E7A

#175E7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.081 H 229.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E7A
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 122)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 23%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, -10.97, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 24.44, 243.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.0523 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.081 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8675, 9.5917, 19.8453)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E7A #7A3317

analogous

#177A64 #175E7A #172C7A

triadic

#175E7A #7A175E #5E7A17

tetradic

#175E7A #64177A #7A3317 #2C7A17

square

#175E7A #64177A #7A3317 #2C7A17

split-complementary

#175E7A #7A172C #7A6417

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3647 #175E7A #2186AD #33AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#175E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#175E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E7A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E7A	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.081 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658ba0',
    500: '#175e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e7a;
$custom-light: #658ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45302,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E7A

secondary

#AF5E3E

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E7A

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

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