#176AA0#176AA0

#176AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.114 H 243.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176AA0
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 160)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(204, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -3.68, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 35.99, 264.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0506 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.114 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8501, 13.0268, 35.1407)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176AA0 #A04D17

analogous

#17A091 #176AA0 #1725A0

triadic

#176AA0 #A0176A #6AA017

tetradic

#176AA0 #9117A0 #A04D17 #25A017

square

#176AA0 #9117A0 #A04D17 #25A017

split-complementary

#176AA0 #A01725 #A09117

monochromatic

#082335 #0F476A #176AA0 #1F8DD6 #4CA9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#176AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176AA0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176AA0	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#506CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D609F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.114 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94bc',
    500: '#176aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176aa0;
$custom-light: #6e94bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50452,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176AA0

secondary

#C77C4C

accent

#8036F1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #176AA0

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

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