#176A7B#176A7B

#176A7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.079 H 215.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A7B
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 123)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, -17.49, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 23.91, 223.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% -0.0644 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.079 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0810, 11.9192, 20.5571)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A7B #7B2817

analogous

#177B5A #176A7B #17387B

triadic

#176A7B #7B176A #6A7B17

tetradic

#176A7B #5A177B #7B2817 #387B17

square

#176A7B #5A177B #7B2817 #387B17

split-complementary

#176A7B #7B1738 #7B5A17

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3E47 #176A7B #2196AF #33BDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#176A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#176A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A7B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A7B	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E667C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.079 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6794a1',
    500: '#176a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a7b;
$custom-light: #6794a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48517,
    "c": 0.07885,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A7B

secondary

#B0513E

accent

#5A3CEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A7B

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

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