#176C85#176C85

#176C85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.085 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C85
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 133)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, -15.03, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 25.59, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% -0.0622 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.085 223)
XYZ	xyz(9.9478, 12.5995, 24.0934)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C85 #853017

analogous

#178567 #176C85 #173585

triadic

#176C85 #85176C #6C8517

tetradic

#176C85 #671785 #853017 #358517

square

#176C85 #671785 #853017 #358517

split-complementary

#176C85 #851735 #856717

monochromatic

#05171D #0E4251 #176C85 #2096B9 #3AB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#176C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#176C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C85

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C85	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.085 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996a8',
    500: '#176c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c85;
$custom-light: #6996a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49511,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.12601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C85

secondary

#B95B3F

accent

#633BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C85

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

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