#17718F#17718F

#17718F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.091 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17718F
RGB	rgb(23, 113, 143)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 21%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -14.23, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 27.50, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% -0.0632 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.091 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2143, 13.9742, 28.0875)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17718F #8F3517

analogous

#178F71 #17718F #17358F

triadic

#17718F #8F1771 #718F17

tetradic

#17718F #71178F #8F3517 #358F17

square

#17718F #71178F #8F3517 #358F17

split-complementary

#17718F #8F1735 #8F7117

monochromatic

#061E26 #0F475A #17718F #1F9BC4 #40B8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#17718F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#17718F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17718F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17718F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17718F	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51648F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17718f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 113, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.091 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b99b0',
    500: '#17718f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17718f;
$custom-light: #6b99b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17718f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51292,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17718F

secondary

#C16141

accent

#6639EF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17718F

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

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