#176A87#176A87

#176A87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.087 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A87
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 135)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 21.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, -13.16, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 26.30, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.09% -0.0594 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(49.09% 0.087 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8787, 12.2383, 24.7585)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A87 #873417

analogous

#17876C #176A87 #173287

triadic

#176A87 #87176A #6A8717

tetradic

#176A87 #6C1787 #873417 #328717

square

#176A87 #6C1787 #873417 #328717

split-complementary

#176A87 #871732 #876C17

monochromatic

#05181E #0E4153 #176A87 #2093BB #3BB3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#176A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#176A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A87

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A87	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.087 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6994aa',
    500: '#176a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a87;
$custom-light: #6994aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4909,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A87

secondary

#BB5F3F

accent

#693AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A87

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

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