#176B8F#176B8F

#176B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.094 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B8F
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -10.77, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 28.62, 247.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0573 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.094 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5670, 12.6794, 27.8717)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B8F #8F3B17

analogous

#178F77 #176B8F #172F8F

triadic

#176B8F #8F176B #6B8F17

tetradic

#176B8F #77178F #8F3B17 #2F8F17

square

#176B8F #77178F #8F3B17 #2F8F17

split-complementary

#176B8F #8F172F #8F7717

monochromatic

#061C26 #0F445A #176B8F #1F92C4 #40B0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#176B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B8F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B8F	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.094 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95b0',
    500: '#176b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b8f;
$custom-light: #6a95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49756,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B8F

secondary

#C16741

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B8F

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

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