#176E80#176E80

#176E80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.082 H 215.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E80
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(190, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, -17.93, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 24.72, 223.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% -0.0664 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.082 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8239, 12.8913, 22.3884)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E80 #802917

analogous

#17805E #176E80 #173980

triadic

#176E80 #80176E #6E8017

tetradic

#176E80 #5E1780 #802917 #398017

square

#176E80 #5E1780 #802917 #398017

split-complementary

#176E80 #801739 #805E17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E414C #176E80 #209BB4 #36BFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#176E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#176E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E80

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E80	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.082 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a4',
    500: '#176e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e80;
$custom-light: #6897a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49801,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E80

secondary

#B4533E

accent

#5A3BEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E80

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

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