#176C94#176C94

#176C94 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.099 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C94
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 148)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 27%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -9.48, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 30.16, 251.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0564 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.099 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0590, 13.0440, 29.9461)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C94 #943F17

analogous

#17947D #176C94 #172D94

triadic

#176C94 #94176C #6C9417

tetradic

#176C94 #7D1794 #943F17 #2D9417

square

#176C94 #7D1794 #943F17 #2D9417

split-complementary

#176C94 #94172D #947D17

monochromatic

#071F2A #0F455F #176C94 #1F93C9 #44AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#176C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C94

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C94	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.099 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b3',
    500: '#176c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c94;
$custom-light: #6b96b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50275,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C94

secondary

#C36D44

accent

#7338F0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C94

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

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