#176A8F#176A8F

#176A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.095 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A8F
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, -10.18, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 28.87, 249.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% -0.0563 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.095 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4633, 12.4721, 27.8372)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A8F #8F3C17

analogous

#178F78 #176A8F #172E8F

triadic

#176A8F #8F176A #6A8F17

tetradic

#176A8F #78178F #8F3C17 #2E8F17

square

#176A8F #78178F #8F3C17 #2E8F17

split-complementary

#176A8F #8F172E #8F7817

monochromatic

#061C26 #0F435A #176A8F #1F91C4 #40AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#176A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#176A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A8F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A8F	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.095 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94b0',
    500: '#176a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a8f;
$custom-light: #6a94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49501,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A8F

secondary

#C16841

accent

#7139EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A8F

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

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