#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
RGBrgb(23, 109, 133)
HSLhsl(193, 71%, 31%)
HSVhsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(82.7%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.48, -15.60, -20.20)
CIE-LCHlch(42.48, 25.52, 232.34°)
OKLaboklab(49.77% -0.0632 -0.0566)
OKLCHoklch(49.77% 0.085 221.8)
XYZxyz(10.0538, 12.8116, 24.1288)
Luminance0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##176D851.005.893.565.89
#FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.891.0021.001.00

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

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#176D85 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva