#175F79#175F79

#175F79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.079 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175F79
RGB	rgb(23, 95, 121)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 21.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, -11.94, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 23.97, 240.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% -0.0537 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.079 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8953, 9.7461, 19.5505)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175F79 #793117

analogous

#177962 #175F79 #172E79

triadic

#175F79 #79175F #5F7917

tetradic

#175F79 #621779 #793117 #2E7917

square

#175F79 #621779 #793117 #2E7917

split-complementary

#175F79 #79172E #796217

monochromatic

#05141A #0D3746 #175F79 #2187AC #32ACD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#175F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#175F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175F79

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175F79	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)

#515D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 95, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.079 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c9f',
    500: '#175f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175f79;
$custom-light: #658c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45514,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175F79

secondary

#AE5C3E

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #175F79

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

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