#17708F#17708F

#17708F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.092 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17708F
RGB	rgb(23, 112, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, -13.66, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 27.64, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% -0.0622 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.092 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1034, 13.7523, 28.0505)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17708F #8F3617

analogous

#178F72 #17708F #17348F

triadic

#17708F #8F1770 #708F17

tetradic

#17708F #72178F #8F3617 #348F17

square

#17708F #72178F #8F3617 #348F17

split-complementary

#17708F #8F1734 #8F7217

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F475A #17708F #1F99C4 #40B7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#17708F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#17708F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17708F

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17708F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17708F	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17708f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 112, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.092 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b99b0',
    500: '#17708f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17708f;
$custom-light: #6b99b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17708f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51035,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17708F

secondary

#C16241

accent

#6839EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17708F

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

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