#17738E#17738E

#17738E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.090 H 223.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17738E
RGB	rgb(23, 115, 142)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 19%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, -15.72, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 27.05, 234.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% -0.0656 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.09 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3645, 14.3952, 27.7655)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17738E #8E3217

analogous

#178E6D #17738E #17388E

triadic

#17738E #8E1773 #738E17

tetradic

#17738E #6D178E #8E3217 #388E17

square

#17738E #6D178E #8E3217 #388E17

split-complementary

#17738E #8E1738 #8E6D17

monochromatic

#061E25 #0E4859 #17738E #209EC3 #3FBCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#17738E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#17738E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17738E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17738E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17738E	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54658E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17738e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 115, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.090 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9baf',
    500: '#17738e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17738e;
$custom-light: #6b9baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17738e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51758,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17738E

secondary

#C05D40

accent

#6239EF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17738E

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

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