#176A88#176A88

#176A88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.088 H 228.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A88
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 136)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, -12.79, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 26.59, 241.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% -0.059 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.088 228)
XYZ	xyz(9.9495, 12.2666, 25.1311)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A88 #883517

analogous

#17886D #176A88 #173188

triadic

#176A88 #88176A #6A8817

tetradic

#176A88 #6D1788 #883517 #318817

square

#176A88 #6D1788 #883517 #318817

split-complementary

#176A88 #881731 #886D17

monochromatic

#05181F #0E4154 #176A88 #2093BC #3BB3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#176A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#176A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A88

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A88	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.088 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6994aa',
    500: '#176a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a88;
$custom-light: #6994aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4914,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.12268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A88

secondary

#BC603F

accent

#6A3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A88

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

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