#176C80#176C80

#176C80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.082 H 218.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C80
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 128)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 15.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, -16.83, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 24.65, 226.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% -0.0643 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.082 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6105, 12.4646, 22.3173)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C80 #802B17

analogous

#178060 #176C80 #173780

triadic

#176C80 #80176C #6C8017

tetradic

#176C80 #601780 #802B17 #378017

square

#176C80 #601780 #802B17 #378017

split-complementary

#176C80 #801737 #806017

monochromatic

#05161A #0E404C #176C80 #2098B4 #36BCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#176C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#176C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C80

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C80	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.082 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a5',
    500: '#176c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c80;
$custom-light: #6896a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49275,
    "c": 0.08168,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C80

secondary

#B4553E

accent

#5D3BEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C80

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

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