#176D84#176D84

#176D84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.084 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D84
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 132)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -15.95, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 25.33, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.0636 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.084 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9851, 12.7841, 23.7666)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D84 #842E17

analogous

#178465 #176D84 #173684

triadic

#176D84 #84176D #6D8417

tetradic

#176D84 #651784 #842E17 #368417

square

#176D84 #651784 #842E17 #368417

split-complementary

#176D84 #841736 #846517

monochromatic

#05171C #0E4250 #176D84 #2098B8 #39BADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#176D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#176D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D84

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D84	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.084 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a7',
    500: '#176d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d84;
$custom-light: #6997a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.661,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49724,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D84

secondary

#B8583F

accent

#603BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D84

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

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