#176D83#176D83

#176D83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.083 H 219.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D83
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 131)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, -16.31, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 25.14, 229.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% -0.064 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.083 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9170, 12.7569, 23.4080)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D83 #832D17

analogous

#178363 #176D83 #173783

triadic

#176D83 #83176D #6D8317

tetradic

#176D83 #631783 #832D17 #378317

square

#176D83 #631783 #832D17 #378317

split-complementary

#176D83 #831737 #836317

monochromatic

#05161B #0E424F #176D83 #2098B7 #38BBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#176D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#176D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D83

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D83	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.083 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a7',
    500: '#176d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d83;
$custom-light: #6897a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49677,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D83

secondary

#B7573F

accent

#5F3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D83

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

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