#175a7f

Color #175a7f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.56 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#175a7f

RGB

rgb(23, 90, 127)

HSL

hsl(201.3, 69.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.3, 81.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(36.03, -6.64, -26.58)

LCH

lch(36.03, 27.4, 255.97)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0884, 238.32)

HWB

hwb(201.3, 9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f3c17

Analogous

#177f70

#175a7f

#17267f

Triadic

#175a7f

#7f175a

#5a7f17

Split-complementary

#175a7f

#7f1726

#7f7017

Tetradic

#175a7f

#3c177f

#7f3c17

#5a7f17

Square

#175a7f

#70177f

#7f3c17

#267f17

Shades

Color #175a7f mixed toward black.

#134b6a

#0f3c55

#0c2d3f

#081e2a

#040f15

Tints

Color #175a7f mixed toward white.

#207eb2

#349fda

#67b7e3

#99cfed

#cce7f6

Tones

Color #175a7f mixed toward gray.

#205876

#28556e

#315365

#3a505c

#424d54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f77 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#3b3675 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#1e716f · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #175a7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#175a7f]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Frequently asked questions

#175a7f (#175a7f) is rgb(23, 90, 127) in RGB.

No, #175a7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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