#176D85#176D85

#176D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.085 H 221.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D85
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, -15.60, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 25.52, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% -0.0632 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.085 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0538, 12.8116, 24.1288)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D85 #852F17

analogous

#178566 #176D85 #173685

triadic

#176D85 #85176D #6D8517

tetradic

#176D85 #661785 #852F17 #368517

square

#176D85 #661785 #852F17 #368517

split-complementary

#176D85 #851736 #856617

monochromatic

#05171D #0E4251 #176D85 #2098B9 #3AB9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#176D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#176D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D85

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D85	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.085 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a8',
    500: '#176d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d85;
$custom-light: #6997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49772,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D85

secondary

#B9593F

accent

#623BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D85

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

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