#176C7F#176C7F

#176C7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.081 H 217.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C7F
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 127)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 15%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, -17.18, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 24.51, 225.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0647 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.081 217)
XYZ	xyz(9.5450, 12.4384, 21.9723)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C7F #7F2A17

analogous

#177F5E #176C7F #17387F

triadic

#176C7F #7F176C #6C7F17

tetradic

#176C7F #5E177F #7F2A17 #387F17

square

#176C7F #5E177F #7F2A17 #387F17

split-complementary

#176C7F #7F1738 #7F5E17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E404B #176C7F #2098B3 #36BCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#176C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#176C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C7F

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C7F	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.081 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a4',
    500: '#176c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c7f;
$custom-light: #6896a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.962,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49229,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.1244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C7F

secondary

#B4543E

accent

#5C3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C7F

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

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