#176D86#176D86

#176D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.086 H 222.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D86
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 134)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -15.23, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 25.73, 233.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% -0.0628 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.086 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1233, 12.8394, 24.4943)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D86 #863017

analogous

#178667 #176D86 #173586

triadic

#176D86 #86176D #6D8617

tetradic

#176D86 #671786 #863017 #358617

square

#176D86 #671786 #863017 #358617

split-complementary

#176D86 #861735 #866717

monochromatic

#05181E #0E4352 #176D86 #2097BA #3AB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#176D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#176D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D86

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D86	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.086 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a9',
    500: '#176d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d86;
$custom-light: #6997a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.514,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4982,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D86

secondary

#BA5B3F

accent

#633AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D86

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

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