#176B7E#176B7E

#176B7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.081 H 217.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B7E
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, -16.98, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 24.34, 225.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% -0.0641 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.081 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3753, 12.2027, 21.5959)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B7E #7E2A17

analogous

#177E5E #176B7E #17387E

triadic

#176B7E #7E176B #6B7E17

tetradic

#176B7E #5E177E #7E2A17 #387E17

square

#176B7E #5E177E #7E2A17 #387E17

split-complementary

#176B7E #7E1738 #7E5E17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E3F4A #176B7E #2097B2 #35BCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#176B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B7E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B7E	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.081 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a3',
    500: '#176b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b7e;
$custom-light: #6795a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.068,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48919,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B7E

secondary

#B3543E

accent

#5C3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B7E

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

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