#175a5a

Color #175a5a

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 9.21 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#175a5a

RGB

rgb(23, 90, 90)

HSL

hsl(180, 59.3%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 74.4%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(34.46, -20.05, -6.01)

LCH

lch(34.46, 20.93, 196.69)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.0645, 195.01)

HWB

hwb(180, 9%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a1717

Analogous

#175a39

#175a5a

#17395a

Triadic

#175a5a

#5a175a

#5a5a17

Split-complementary

#175a5a

#5a1739

#5a3917

Tetradic

#175a5a

#17175a

#5a1717

#5a5a17

Square

#175a5a

#39175a

#5a1717

#395a17

Shades

Color #175a5a mixed toward black.

#134b4b

#0f3c3c

#0c2d2d

#081e1e

#040f0f

Tints

Color #175a5a mixed toward white.

#248f8f

#32c4c4

#61d7d7

#96e4e4

#caf2f2

Tones

Color #175a5a mixed toward gray.

#1d5555

#224f4f

#284949

#2d4444

#333e3e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.65:1

White text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f5a · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#3b365a · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#1e5a5a · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #175a5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#175a5a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#175a5a (#175a5a) is rgb(23, 90, 90) in RGB.

No, #175a5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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