#176A84#176A84

#176A84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.085 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A84
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 132)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, -14.26, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 25.52, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% -0.0606 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.085 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6705, 12.1550, 23.6618)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A84 #843117

analogous

#178467 #176A84 #173384

triadic

#176A84 #84176A #6A8417

tetradic

#176A84 #671784 #843117 #338417

square

#176A84 #671784 #843117 #338417

split-complementary

#176A84 #841733 #846717

monochromatic

#05161C #0E4050 #176A84 #2094B8 #39B5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#176A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A84

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A84	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.085 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6894a8',
    500: '#176a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a84;
$custom-light: #6894a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48942,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A84

secondary

#B85C3F

accent

#653BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A84

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

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