#17718C#17718C

#17718C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.089 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17718C
RGB	rgb(23, 113, 140)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, -15.32, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 26.76, 235.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% -0.0644 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.089 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9901, 13.8845, 26.9066)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17718C #8C3217

analogous

#178C6D #17718C #17378C

triadic

#17718C #8C1771 #718C17

tetradic

#17718C #6D178C #8C3217 #378C17

square

#17718C #6D178C #8C3217 #378C17

split-complementary

#17718C #8C1737 #8C6D17

monochromatic

#061C23 #0E4757 #17718C #209BC1 #3EBADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#17718C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#17718C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17718C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17718C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17718C	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53638C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17718c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 113, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.089 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9aad',
    500: '#17718c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17718c;
$custom-light: #6a9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17718c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51145,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17718C

secondary

#BF5D3F

accent

#6339EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17718C

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

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