#176D90#176D90

#176D90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.094 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#176D90
RGBrgb(23, 109, 144)
HSLhsl(197, 72%, 33%)
HSVhsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 24.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LABlab(42.96, -11.56, -26.04)
CIE-LCHlch(42.96, 28.49, 246.06°)
OKLaboklab(50.32% -0.0589 -0.0734)
OKLCHoklch(50.32% 0.094 231.3)
XYZxyz(10.8540, 13.1317, 28.3428)
Luminance0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#176D90 #903A17
analogous
#179076 #176D90 #173190
triadic
#176D90 #90176D #6D9017
tetradic
#176D90 #761790 #903A17 #319017
square
#176D90 #761790 #903A17 #319017
split-complementary
#176D90 #901731 #907617
monochromatic
#061D26 #0F455B #176D90 #1F95C5 #41B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79
#176D90 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63
#176D90 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D90
5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##176D90#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##176D901.005.793.635.79
#FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B6C92
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B618F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007779
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #176d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.094 231.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b0',
    500: '#176d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #176d90;
$custom-light: #6b96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#176d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50318,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#176D90
secondary
#C16742
accent
#6D39EF
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF2F5
border
#C7CCCF
text
#080D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

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#176D90 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva