#176B81#176B81

#176B81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.082 H 220.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B81
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 129)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, -15.91, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 24.82, 230.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% -0.0628 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.082 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5718, 12.2813, 22.6307)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B81 #812D17

analogous

#178162 #176B81 #173681

triadic

#176B81 #81176B #6B8117

tetradic

#176B81 #621781 #812D17 #368117

square

#176B81 #621781 #812D17 #368117

split-complementary

#176B81 #811736 #816217

monochromatic

#05161A #0E404D #176B81 #2096B5 #37B9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#176B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#176B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B81

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B81	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.082 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6895a5',
    500: '#176b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b81;
$custom-light: #6895a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49059,
    "c": 0.08243,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B81

secondary

#B5573E

accent

#603BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B81

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

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