#176B85#176B85

#176B85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.085 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B85
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 133)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, -14.46, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 25.67, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% -0.0612 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.085 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8429, 12.3898, 24.0585)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B85 #853117

analogous

#178568 #176B85 #173485

triadic

#176B85 #85176B #6B8517

tetradic

#176B85 #681785 #853117 #348517

square

#176B85 #681785 #853117 #348517

split-complementary

#176B85 #851734 #856817

monochromatic

#05171D #0E4151 #176B85 #2095B9 #3AB6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#176B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#176B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B85

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B85	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.085 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995a8',
    500: '#176b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b85;
$custom-light: #6995a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49251,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B85

secondary

#B95C3F

accent

#653BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B85

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

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