#176B8E#176B8E

#176B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.093 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#176B8E
RGBrgb(23, 107, 142)
HSLhsl(198, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(198, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.23, -11.14, -25.99)
CIE-LCHlch(42.23, 28.27, 246.79°)
OKLaboklab(49.7% -0.0577 -0.0733)
OKLCHoklch(49.7% 0.093 231.8)
XYZxyz(10.4915, 12.6492, 27.4745)
Luminance0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#176B8E #8E3A17
analogous
#178E75 #176B8E #17308E
triadic
#176B8E #8E176B #6B8E17
tetradic
#176B8E #75178E #8E3A17 #308E17
square
#176B8E #75178E #8E3A17 #308E17
split-complementary
#176B8E #8E1730 #8E7517
monochromatic
#061C25 #0E4359 #176B8E #2093C3 #3FB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95
#176B8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53
#176B8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B8E
5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##176B8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##176B8E1.005.953.535.95
#FFFFFF5.951.0021.001.00
#0000003.5321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.951.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#596A90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A5F8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007477
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #176b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.093 231.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95af',
    500: '#176b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #176b8e;
$custom-light: #6a95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#176b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49704,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#176B8E
secondary
#C06640
accent
#6E39EF
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF1F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#080D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

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#176B8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva