#176D7F#176D7F

#176D7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.081 H 215.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D7F
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 127)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -17.73, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 24.55, 223.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% -0.0658 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.081 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6511, 12.6505, 22.0077)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D7F #7F2917

analogous

#177F5D #176D7F #17397F

triadic

#176D7F #7F176D #6D7F17

tetradic

#176D7F #5D177F #7F2917 #397F17

square

#176D7F #5D177F #7F2917 #397F17

split-complementary

#176D7F #7F1739 #7F5D17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E414B #176D7F #2099B3 #36BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#176D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#176D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D7F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D7F	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.081 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a4',
    500: '#176d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d7f;
$custom-light: #6897a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49492,
    "c": 0.08107,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D7F

secondary

#B4533E

accent

#5A3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D7F

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

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