#175ea6

Color #175ea6

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.76 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#175ea6

RGB

rgb(23, 94, 166)

HSL

hsl(210.2, 75.7%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.2, 86.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(39.48, 6.27, -44.65)

LCH

lch(39.48, 45.09, 277.99)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.1338, 253.14)

HWB

hwb(210.2, 9%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a65f17

Analogous

#17a6a6

#175ea6

#1717a6

Triadic

#175ea6

#a6175e

#5ea617

Split-complementary

#175ea6

#a61717

#a6a617

Tetradic

#175ea6

#5f17a6

#a65f17

#5ea617

Square

#175ea6

#a617a6

#a65f17

#17a617

Shades

Color #175ea6 mixed toward black.

#134e8b

#0f3f6f

#0b2f53

#081f37

#04101c

Tints

Color #175ea6 mixed toward white.

#1d79d5

#4394e5

#72aeec

#a1c9f2

#d0e4f9

Tones

Color #175ea6 mixed toward gray.

#235e9a

#2f5e8e

#3b5e82

#475e76

#535f6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#414298 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#3d3895 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#1f8d8a · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #175ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#175ea6]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#175ea6 (#175ea6) is rgb(23, 94, 166) in RGB.

No, #175ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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