#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
RGBrgb(23, 108, 131)
HSLhsl(193, 70%, 30%)
HSVhsv(193, 82%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LABlab(42.07, -15.75, -19.63)
CIE-LCHlch(42.07, 25.17, 231.26°)
OKLaboklab(49.42% -0.063 -0.055)
OKLCHoklch(49.42% 0.084 221.1)
XYZxyz(9.8109, 12.5448, 23.3726)
Luminance0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##176C831.005.983.515.98
#FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00
#0000003.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00

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

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#176C83 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva