#176B7D#176B7D

#176B7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.080 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B7D
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 125)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -17.34, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 24.21, 224.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% -0.0645 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.08 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3111, 12.1771, 21.2577)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B7D #7D2917

analogous

#177D5C #176B7D #17387D

triadic

#176B7D #7D176B #6B7D17

tetradic

#176B7D #5C177D #7D2917 #387D17

square

#176B7D #5C177D #7D2917 #387D17

split-complementary

#176B7D #7D1738 #7D5C17

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3F49 #176B7D #2197B1 #35BDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#176B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B7D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B7D	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F677E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.080 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a2',
    500: '#176b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b7d;
$custom-light: #6795a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48873,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B7D

secondary

#B2523E

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B7D

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

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