#17728E#17728E

#17728E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.090 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17728E
RGB	rgb(23, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, -15.16, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 27.13, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% -0.0646 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.09 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2511, 14.1684, 27.7277)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17728E #8E3317

analogous

#178E6F #17728E #17368E

triadic

#17728E #8E1772 #728E17

tetradic

#17728E #6F178E #8E3317 #368E17

square

#17728E #6F178E #8E3317 #368E17

split-complementary

#17728E #8E1736 #8E6F17

monochromatic

#061D25 #0E4859 #17728E #209CC3 #3FBAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#17728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#17728E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17728E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17728E	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.090 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9aaf',
    500: '#17728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17728e;
$custom-light: #6b9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.515,
    "c": 0.09034,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17728E

secondary

#C05F40

accent

#6439EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17728E

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

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