#17708C#17708C

#17708C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.089 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17708C
RGB	rgb(23, 112, 140)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 20%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, -14.76, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 26.86, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0634 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.089 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8792, 13.6626, 26.8696)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17708C #8C3317

analogous

#178C6E #17708C #17368C

triadic

#17708C #8C1770 #708C17

tetradic

#17708C #6E178C #8C3317 #368C17

square

#17708C #6E178C #8C3317 #368C17

split-complementary

#17708C #8C1736 #8C6E17

monochromatic

#061C23 #0E4657 #17708C #209AC1 #3EB9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#17708C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#17708C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17708C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17708C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17708C	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17708c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 112, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.089 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a99ad',
    500: '#17708c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17708c;
$custom-light: #6a99ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17708c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50887,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17708C

secondary

#BF5E3F

accent

#6539EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17708C

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

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