#176A86#176A86

#176A86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.086 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A86
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, -13.53, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 26.03, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% -0.0598 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.086 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8087, 12.2102, 24.3895)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A86 #863317

analogous

#17866A #176A86 #173286

triadic

#176A86 #86176A #6A8617

tetradic

#176A86 #6A1786 #863317 #328617

square

#176A86 #6A1786 #863317 #328617

split-complementary

#176A86 #861732 #866A17

monochromatic

#05171E #0E4152 #176A86 #2093BA #3AB4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#176A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A86

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A86	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.086 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6994a9',
    500: '#176a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a86;
$custom-light: #6994a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4904,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A86

secondary

#BA5E3F

accent

#683AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A86

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

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