Recognised as Colour
#175D45
- #175D45
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#175D45 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 93, 69 and HSL 159°, 60%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#175D45#175D45
HEX#175D45
RGBrgb(23, 93, 69)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.3647, 0.2706
RGB percentages9%, 36.5%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(159.4, 60.3%, 22.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.4, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CMYK75.3%, 0%, 25.8%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,531,205
CSS custom property--colour: #175D45;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.08441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#E8A2BA
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5D172F
Analogous#175D22, #17525D
Triadic#45175D, #5D4517
Split complementary#5D1752, #5D2217
Tetradic#22175D, #5D172F, #525D17
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R23
G93
B69
Red23 (9%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue159.43°
Saturation (HSL)60.34%
Lightness22.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 5D · B 45
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