#176BA0#176BA0

#176BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.113 H 242.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176BA0
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 160)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(203, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -4.29, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 35.57, 263.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% -0.0515 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.113 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9537, 13.2341, 35.1753)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176BA0 #A04C17

analogous

#17A090 #176BA0 #1726A0

triadic

#176BA0 #A0176B #6BA017

tetradic

#176BA0 #9017A0 #A04C17 #26A017

square

#176BA0 #9017A0 #A04C17 #26A017

split-complementary

#176BA0 #A01726 #A09017

monochromatic

#082335 #0F476A #176BA0 #1F8FD6 #4CAAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#176BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#176BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176BA0

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176BA0	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F609F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.113 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e95bc',
    500: '#176ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176ba0;
$custom-light: #6e95bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50697,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176BA0

secondary

#C77B4C

accent

#7F36F1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #176BA0

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

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