#176A85#176A85

#176A85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.086 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A85
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 133)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -13.89, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 25.77, 237.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% -0.0602 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.086 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7393, 12.1825, 24.0239)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A85 #853217

analogous

#178569 #176A85 #173385

triadic

#176A85 #85176A #6A8517

tetradic

#176A85 #691785 #853217 #338517

square

#176A85 #691785 #853217 #338517

split-complementary

#176A85 #851733 #856917

monochromatic

#05171D #0E4051 #176A85 #2094B9 #3AB5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#176A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A85

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A85	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.086 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6894a8',
    500: '#176a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a85;
$custom-light: #6894a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48991,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A85

secondary

#B95D3F

accent

#663BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A85

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

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