#176C7E#176C7E

#176C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.081 H 216.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C7E
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, -17.54, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 24.38, 224.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% -0.0651 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.081 216)
XYZ	xyz(9.4802, 12.4125, 21.6308)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C7E #7E2917

analogous

#177E5D #176C7E #17397E

triadic

#176C7E #7E176C #6C7E17

tetradic

#176C7E #5D177E #7E2917 #397E17

square

#176C7E #5D177E #7E2917 #397E17

split-complementary

#176C7E #7E1739 #7E5D17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E404A #176C7E #2098B2 #35BDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#176C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#176C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C7E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C7E	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.081 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a3',
    500: '#176c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c7e;
$custom-light: #6896a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49183,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.12414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C7E

secondary

#B3533E

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C7E

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

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