#176D94#176D94

#176D94 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.098 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D94
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 148)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 26.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -10.07, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 29.88, 250.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.0574 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.098 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1651, 13.2561, 29.9815)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D94 #943E17

analogous

#17947C #176D94 #172E94

triadic

#176D94 #94176D #6D9417

tetradic

#176D94 #7C1794 #943E17 #2E9417

square

#176D94 #7C1794 #943E17 #2E9417

split-complementary

#176D94 #94172E #947C17

monochromatic

#071F2A #0F465F #176D94 #1F94C9 #44B0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#176D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#176D94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D94

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D94	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.098 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b3',
    500: '#176d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d94;
$custom-light: #6b96b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.72,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50528,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D94

secondary

#C36C44

accent

#7138F0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D94

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

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