#176C86#176C86

#176C86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.086 H 224.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C86
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 134)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, -14.67, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 25.81, 235.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% -0.0618 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.086 224)
XYZ	xyz(10.0172, 12.6273, 24.4590)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C86 #863117

analogous

#178668 #176C86 #173486

triadic

#176C86 #86176C #6C8617

tetradic

#176C86 #681786 #863117 #348617

square

#176C86 #681786 #863117 #348617

split-complementary

#176C86 #861734 #866817

monochromatic

#05181E #0E4252 #176C86 #2096BA #3AB7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#176C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#176C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C86

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C86	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.086 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996a9',
    500: '#176c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c86;
$custom-light: #6996a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4956,
    "c": 0.08585,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.12629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C86

secondary

#BA5C3F

accent

#643AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C86

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

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