#176C8D#176C8D

#176C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.092 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C8D
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -12.10, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 27.74, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% -0.059 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.092 230)
XYZ	xyz(10.5217, 12.8290, 27.1158)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C8D #8D3817

analogous

#178D73 #176C8D #17318D

triadic

#176C8D #8D176C #6C8D17

tetradic

#176C8D #73178D #8D3817 #318D17

square

#176C8D #73178D #8D3817 #318D17

split-complementary

#176C8D #8D1731 #8D7317

monochromatic

#061B24 #0E4458 #176C8D #2094C2 #3FB3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#176C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#176C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C8D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C8D	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.092 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96ae',
    500: '#176c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c8d;
$custom-light: #6a96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.78,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49908,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.1283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C8D

secondary

#C06440

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C8D

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

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