#176A83#176A83

#176A83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.084 H 223.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A83
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 131)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(194, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, -14.62, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 25.29, 234.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% -0.061 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.084 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6024, 12.1277, 23.3031)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A83 #833017

analogous

#178366 #176A83 #173483

triadic

#176A83 #83176A #6A8317

tetradic

#176A83 #661783 #833017 #348317

square

#176A83 #661783 #833017 #348317

split-complementary

#176A83 #831734 #836617

monochromatic

#05161B #0E404F #176A83 #2094B7 #38B6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#176A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A83

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A83	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.084 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6894a7',
    500: '#176a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a83;
$custom-light: #6894a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48893,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A83

secondary

#B75A3F

accent

#643BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A83

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

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