#175F72#175F72

#175F72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.074 H 219.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175F72
RGB	rgb(23, 95, 114)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -14.51, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 22.32, 229.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.17% -0.0566 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(45.17% 0.074 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4815, 9.5806, 17.3713)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175F72 #722A17

analogous

#177258 #175F72 #173272

triadic

#175F72 #72175F #5F7217

tetradic

#175F72 #581772 #722A17 #327217

square

#175F72 #581772 #722A17 #327217

split-complementary

#175F72 #721732 #725817

monochromatic

#051519 #0D353F #175F72 #2189A5 #2EB2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#175F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#175F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175F72

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175F72	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)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 95, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.074 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c9a',
    500: '#175f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175f72;
$custom-light: #648c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.527,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4517,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175F72

secondary

#A8533D

accent

#623EE9

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175F72

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

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