#175E80#175E80

#175E80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.087 H 234.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E80
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 128)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 26.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, -8.70, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 26.55, 250.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% -0.05 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.087 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2508, 9.7451, 21.8640)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E80 #803917

analogous

#17806E #175E80 #172980

triadic

#175E80 #80175E #5E8017

tetradic

#175E80 #6E1780 #803917 #298017

square

#175E80 #6E1780 #803917 #298017

split-complementary

#175E80 #801729 #806E17

monochromatic

#05131A #0E384C #175E80 #2084B4 #36A6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#175E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#175E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E80

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E80	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F547F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.087 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678ba5',
    500: '#175e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e80;
$custom-light: #678ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45619,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E80

secondary

#B4653E

accent

#753BEC

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E80

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

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