#176C8E#176C8E

#176C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.093 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C8E
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, -11.73, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 28.06, 245.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% -0.0587 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.093 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5964, 12.8589, 27.5095)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C8E #8E3917

analogous

#178E75 #176C8E #17308E

triadic

#176C8E #8E176C #6C8E17

tetradic

#176C8E #75178E #8E3917 #308E17

square

#176C8E #75178E #8E3917 #308E17

split-complementary

#176C8E #8E1730 #8E7517

monochromatic

#061C25 #0E4459 #176C8E #2094C3 #3FB2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#176C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#176C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C8E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C8E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.093 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96af',
    500: '#176c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c8e;
$custom-light: #6a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4996,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C8E

secondary

#C06540

accent

#6D39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C8E

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

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