#176D88#176D88

#176D88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.087 H 224.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D88
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 136)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -14.51, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 26.19, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% -0.062 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.087 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2641, 12.8957, 25.2359)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D88 #883217

analogous

#17886A #176D88 #173488

triadic

#176D88 #88176D #6D8817

tetradic

#176D88 #6A1788 #883217 #348817

square

#176D88 #6A1788 #883217 #348817

split-complementary

#176D88 #881734 #886A17

monochromatic

#05191F #0E4354 #176D88 #2097BC #3BB7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#176D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#176D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D88

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D88	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.087 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997aa',
    500: '#176d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d88;
$custom-light: #6997aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49917,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D88

secondary

#BC5D3F

accent

#653AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D88

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

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