#176B8D#176B8D

#176B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.092 H 231.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B8D
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, -11.52, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 27.94, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% -0.0581 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.092 231)
XYZ	xyz(10.4168, 12.6193, 27.0809)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B8D #8D3917

analogous

#178D74 #176B8D #17308D

triadic

#176B8D #8D176B #6B8D17

tetradic

#176B8D #74178D #8D3917 #308D17

square

#176B8D #74178D #8D3917 #308D17

split-complementary

#176B8D #8D1730 #8D7417

monochromatic

#061B24 #0E4358 #176B8D #2093C2 #3FB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#176B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#176B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B8D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B8D	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.092 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ae',
    500: '#176b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b8d;
$custom-light: #6a95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49652,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.12621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B8D

secondary

#C06540

accent

#6D39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B8D

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

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