#176B84#176B84

#176B84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.085 H 223.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B84
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 132)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, -14.83, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 25.44, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% -0.0616 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.085 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7742, 12.3623, 23.6963)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B84 #843017

analogous

#178466 #176B84 #173584

triadic

#176B84 #84176B #6B8417

tetradic

#176B84 #661784 #843017 #358417

square

#176B84 #661784 #843017 #358417

split-complementary

#176B84 #841735 #846617

monochromatic

#05171C #0E4150 #176B84 #2095B8 #39B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#176B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#176B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B84

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B84	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.085 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6895a7',
    500: '#176b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b84;
$custom-light: #6895a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.761,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49202,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B84

secondary

#B85B3F

accent

#643BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B84

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

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