#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
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 144)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 24.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -11.56, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 28.49, 246.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.0589 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.094 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8540, 13.1317, 28.3428)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##176D90	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #176D90

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

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