#175E7C#175E7C

#175E7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.083 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E7C
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 124)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 24.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, -10.22, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 25.10, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.41% -0.0515 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(45.41% 0.083 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9927, 9.6418, 20.5047)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E7C #7C3517

analogous

#177C68 #175E7C #172C7C

triadic

#175E7C #7C175E #5E7C17

tetradic

#175E7C #68177C #7C3517 #2C7C17

square

#175E7C #68177C #7C3517 #2C7C17

split-complementary

#175E7C #7C172C #7C6817

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3748 #175E7C #2185B0 #34A8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#175E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#175E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E7C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E7C	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.083 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba2',
    500: '#175e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e7c;
$custom-light: #668ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45406,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E7C

secondary

#B1603E

accent

#703CEC

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E7C

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

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