#176B88#176B88

#176B88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.088 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B88
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 136)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, -13.37, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 26.44, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% -0.06 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.088 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0531, 12.4739, 25.1656)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B88 #883417

analogous

#17886C #176B88 #173288

triadic

#176B88 #88176B #6B8817

tetradic

#176B88 #6C1788 #883417 #328817

square

#176B88 #6C1788 #883417 #328817

split-complementary

#176B88 #881732 #886C17

monochromatic

#05191F #0E4254 #176B88 #2094BC #3BB4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#176B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B88

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B88	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.088 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995aa',
    500: '#176b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b88;
$custom-light: #6995aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49399,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B88

secondary

#BC5F3F

accent

#683AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B88

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

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