#176C90#176C90

#176C90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.095 H 232.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C90
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 144)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 25%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, -10.98, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 28.72, 247.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0579 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.095 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7479, 12.9195, 28.3074)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C90 #903B17

analogous

#179077 #176C90 #173090

triadic

#176C90 #90176C #6C9017

tetradic

#176C90 #771790 #903B17 #309017

square

#176C90 #771790 #903B17 #309017

split-complementary

#176C90 #901730 #907717

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F445B #176C90 #1F94C5 #41B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#176C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#176C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C90

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C90	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A608F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.095 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b0',
    500: '#176c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c90;
$custom-light: #6b96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50063,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C90

secondary

#C16842

accent

#6F39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C90

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

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