#176D80#176D80

#176D80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.082 H 216.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D80
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 128)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 14.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, -17.38, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 24.67, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0653 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.082 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7166, 12.6767, 22.3526)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D80 #802A17

analogous

#17805F #176D80 #173980

triadic

#176D80 #80176D #6D8017

tetradic

#176D80 #5F1780 #802A17 #398017

square

#176D80 #5F1780 #802A17 #398017

split-complementary

#176D80 #801739 #805F17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E414C #176D80 #2099B4 #36BDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#176D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D80

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D80	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.082 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a4',
    500: '#176d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d80;
$custom-light: #6897a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49538,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D80

secondary

#B4543E

accent

#5B3BEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D80

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

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