#176B7C#176B7C

#176B7C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.079 H 215.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B7C
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 124)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, -17.69, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 24.09, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% -0.065 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.079 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2476, 12.1516, 20.9230)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B7C #7C2817

analogous

#177C5B #176B7C #17397C

triadic

#176B7C #7C176B #6B7C17

tetradic

#176B7C #5B177C #7C2817 #397C17

square

#176B7C #5B177C #7C2817 #397C17

split-complementary

#176B7C #7C1739 #7C5B17

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3E48 #176B7C #2198B0 #34BED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#176B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B7C

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B7C	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F677D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.079 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a2',
    500: '#176b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b7c;
$custom-light: #6795a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48828,
    "c": 0.07941,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B7C

secondary

#B1513E

accent

#5A3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B7C

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

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