#176C84#176C84

#176C84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.084 H 222.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C84
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 132)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, -15.39, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 25.37, 232.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0626 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.084 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8790, 12.5720, 23.7313)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C84 #842F17

analogous

#178465 #176C84 #173584

triadic

#176C84 #84176C #6C8417

tetradic

#176C84 #651784 #842F17 #358417

square

#176C84 #651784 #842F17 #358417

split-complementary

#176C84 #841735 #846517

monochromatic

#05171C #0E4150 #176C84 #2097B8 #39B8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#176C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#176C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C84

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C84	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)

#5E6985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.084 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a7',
    500: '#176c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c84;
$custom-light: #6896a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.211,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49463,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C84

secondary

#B8593F

accent

#623BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C84

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →