#176C88#176C88

#176C88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.087 H 225.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C88
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 136)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -13.94, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 26.30, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% -0.061 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.087 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1580, 12.6836, 25.2006)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C88 #883317

analogous

#17886B #176C88 #173388

triadic

#176C88 #88176C #6C8817

tetradic

#176C88 #6B1788 #883317 #338817

square

#176C88 #6B1788 #883317 #338817

split-complementary

#176C88 #881733 #886B17

monochromatic

#05191F #0E4254 #176C88 #2096BC #3BB6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#176C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176C88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C88

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C88	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.087 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996aa',
    500: '#176c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c88;
$custom-light: #6996aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49657,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C88

secondary

#BC5E3F

accent

#673AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C88

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

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