#176C81#176C81

#176C81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.082 H 219.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C81
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 129)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -16.47, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 24.81, 228.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% -0.0639 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.082 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6767, 12.4911, 22.6656)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C81 #812C17

analogous

#178161 #176C81 #173781

triadic

#176C81 #81176C #6C8117

tetradic

#176C81 #611781 #812C17 #378117

square

#176C81 #611781 #812C17 #378117

split-complementary

#176C81 #811737 #816117

monochromatic

#05161A #0E414D #176C81 #2097B5 #37BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#176C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C81

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C81	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.082 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a5',
    500: '#176c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c81;
$custom-light: #6896a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.887,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49321,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C81

secondary

#B5563E

accent

#5E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C81

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →