#176A7E#176A7E

#176A7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.081 H 218.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A7E
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(192, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, -16.42, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 24.32, 227.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% -0.0631 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.081 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2717, 11.9954, 21.5613)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A7E #7E2B17

analogous

#177E5F #176A7E #17377E

triadic

#176A7E #7E176A #6A7E17

tetradic

#176A7E #5F177E #7E2B17 #377E17

square

#176A7E #5F177E #7E2B17 #377E17

split-complementary

#176A7E #7E1737 #7E5F17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E3E4A #176A7E #2096B2 #35BADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#176A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#176A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A7E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A7E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.081 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6794a3',
    500: '#176a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a7e;
$custom-light: #6794a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.65,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48655,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A7E

secondary

#B3553E

accent

#5E3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A7E

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

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