#175F74#175F74

#175F74 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.075 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175F74
RGB	rgb(23, 95, 116)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -13.78, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 22.71, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% -0.0558 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.075 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5966, 9.6266, 17.9774)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175F74 #742C17

analogous

#17745A #175F74 #173174

triadic

#175F74 #74175F #5F7417

tetradic

#175F74 #5A1774 #742C17 #317417

square

#175F74 #5A1774 #742C17 #317417

split-complementary

#175F74 #741731 #745A17

monochromatic

#05151A #0D3541 #175F74 #2189A7 #30B0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#175F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#175F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175F74

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175F74	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 95, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.075 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c9c',
    500: '#175f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175f74;
$custom-light: #658c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45266,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175F74

secondary

#A9563D

accent

#653EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175F74

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

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