#176D8F#176D8F

#176D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.093 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D8F
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -11.94, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 28.17, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0593 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.093 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7779, 13.1013, 27.9420)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D8F #8F3917

analogous

#178F75 #176D8F #17318F

triadic

#176D8F #8F176D #6D8F17

tetradic

#176D8F #75178F #8F3917 #318F17

square

#176D8F #75178F #8F3917 #318F17

split-complementary

#176D8F #8F1731 #8F7517

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F455A #176D8F #1F95C4 #40B3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#176D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#176D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D8F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D8F	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C618F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.093 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b0',
    500: '#176d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d8f;
$custom-light: #6b96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50267,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D8F

secondary

#C16541

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D8F

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

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