#176D8D#176D8D

#176D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.091 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D8D
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -12.68, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 27.55, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% -0.06 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.091 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6277, 13.0412, 27.1512)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D8D #8D3717

analogous

#178D72 #176D8D #17328D

triadic

#176D8D #8D176D #6D8D17

tetradic

#176D8D #72178D #8D3717 #328D17

square

#176D8D #72178D #8D3717 #328D17

split-complementary

#176D8D #8D1732 #8D7217

monochromatic

#061C24 #0E4458 #176D8D #2096C2 #3FB4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#176D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D8D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D8D	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.091 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96ae',
    500: '#176d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d8d;
$custom-light: #6a96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50165,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D8D

secondary

#C06340

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D8D

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

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