#176A8E#176A8E

#176A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.094 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A8E
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, -10.56, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 28.51, 248.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% -0.0567 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.094 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3879, 12.4419, 27.4400)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A8E #8E3B17

analogous

#178E76 #176A8E #172F8E

triadic

#176A8E #8E176A #6A8E17

tetradic

#176A8E #76178E #8E3B17 #2F8E17

square

#176A8E #76178E #8E3B17 #2F8E17

split-complementary

#176A8E #8E172F #8E7617

monochromatic

#061B25 #0E4359 #176A8E #2091C3 #3FAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#176A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#176A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A8E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A8E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.094 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94af',
    500: '#176a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a8e;
$custom-light: #6a94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49449,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A8E

secondary

#C06740

accent

#7039EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A8E

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

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