#176D8E#176D8E

#176D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.092 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D8E
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -12.31, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 27.86, 243.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% -0.0596 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.092 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7025, 13.0711, 27.5448)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D8E #8E3817

analogous

#178E74 #176D8E #17318E

triadic

#176D8E #8E176D #6D8E17

tetradic

#176D8E #74178E #8E3817 #318E17

square

#176D8E #74178E #8E3817 #318E17

split-complementary

#176D8E #8E1731 #8E7417

monochromatic

#061C25 #0E4559 #176D8E #2095C3 #3FB3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#176D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D8E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D8E	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.092 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96af',
    500: '#176d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d8e;
$custom-light: #6a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50216,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D8E

secondary

#C06440

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D8E

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

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