#17788E#17788E

#17788E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.089 H 217.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17788E
RGB	rgb(23, 120, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, -18.48, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 26.89, 226.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% -0.0705 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.089 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9502, 15.5666, 27.9608)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17788E #8E2D17

analogous

#178E68 #17788E #173D8E

triadic

#17788E #8E1778 #788E17

tetradic

#17788E #68178E #8E2D17 #3D8E17

square

#17788E #68178E #8E2D17 #3D8E17

split-complementary

#17788E #8E173D #8E6817

monochromatic

#061F25 #0E4B59 #17788E #20A5C3 #3FC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#17788E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#17788E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17788E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17788E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17788E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A748F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A698E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17788e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 120, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.089 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9faf',
    500: '#17788e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17788e;
$custom-light: #6b9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17788e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17788E

secondary

#C05840

accent

#5B39EF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17788E

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

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