#176A8D#176A8D

#176A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.093 H 232.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A8D
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, -10.93, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 28.17, 247.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% -0.0571 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.093 232)
XYZ	xyz(10.3131, 12.4120, 27.0463)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A8D #8D3A17

analogous

#178D75 #176A8D #172F8D

triadic

#176A8D #8D176A #6A8D17

tetradic

#176A8D #75178D #8D3A17 #2F8D17

square

#176A8D #75178D #8D3A17 #2F8D17

split-complementary

#176A8D #8D172F #8D7517

monochromatic

#061B24 #0E4258 #176A8D #2092C2 #3FB0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#176A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#176A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A8D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A8D	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.093 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94ae',
    500: '#176a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a8d;
$custom-light: #6a94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49396,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.12413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A8D

secondary

#C06640

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A8D

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

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