#176B90#176B90

#176B90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.095 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B90
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 144)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 25.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, -10.39, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 28.97, 248.97°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.0569 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.095 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6430, 12.7098, 28.2724)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B90 #903C17

analogous

#179078 #176B90 #172F90

triadic

#176B90 #90176B #6B9017

tetradic

#176B90 #781790 #903C17 #2F9017

square

#176B90 #781790 #903C17 #2F9017

split-complementary

#176B90 #90172F #907817

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F445B #176B90 #1F92C5 #41B0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#176B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B90

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B90	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.095 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b95b0',
    500: '#176b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b90;
$custom-light: #6b95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49809,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B90

secondary

#C16942

accent

#7039EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B90

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

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