#175F6F#175F6F

#175F6F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.072 H 216.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175F6F
RGB	rgb(23, 95, 111)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, -15.58, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 21.84, 224.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% -0.058 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.072 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3136, 9.5134, 16.4867)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175F6F #6F2717

analogous

#176F53 #175F6F #17336F

triadic

#175F6F #6F175F #5F6F17

tetradic

#175F6F #53176F #6F2717 #336F17

square

#175F6F #53176F #6F2717 #336F17

split-complementary

#175F6F #6F1733 #6F5317

monochromatic

#051619 #0C343C #175F6F #228AA2 #2DB5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#175F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#175F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175F6F

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175F6F	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48536F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 95, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.072 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c98',
    500: '#175f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175f6f;
$custom-light: #648c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45028,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175F6F

secondary

#A5503D

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0D

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175F6F

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

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