#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
RGBrgb(23, 107, 133)
HSLhsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSVhsv(194, 83%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(82.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(41.83, -14.46, -21.21)
CIE-LCHlch(41.83, 25.67, 235.70°)
OKLaboklab(49.25% -0.0612 -0.0595)
OKLCHoklch(49.25% 0.085 224.2)
XYZxyz(9.8429, 12.3898, 24.0585)
Luminance0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##176B851.006.043.486.04
#FFFFFF6.041.0021.001.00
#0000003.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.041.0021.001.00

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

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#176B85 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva