#176C83#176C83

#176C83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.084 H 221.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C83
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 131)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(193, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -15.75, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 25.17, 231.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% -0.063 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.084 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8109, 12.5448, 23.3726)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C83 #832E17

analogous

#178364 #176C83 #173683

triadic

#176C83 #83176C #6C8317

tetradic

#176C83 #641783 #832E17 #368317

square

#176C83 #641783 #832E17 #368317

split-complementary

#176C83 #831736 #836417

monochromatic

#05161B #0E414F #176C83 #2097B7 #38B9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#176C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#176C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C83

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C83	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.084 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a7',
    500: '#176c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c83;
$custom-light: #6896a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.778,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49416,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C83

secondary

#B7583F

accent

#613BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C83

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

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