#176E83#176E83

#176E83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.083 H 218.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E83
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, -16.87, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 25.13, 227.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.0651 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.083 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0243, 12.9715, 23.4437)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E83 #832C17

analogous

#178362 #176E83 #173883

triadic

#176E83 #83176E #6E8317

tetradic

#176E83 #621783 #832C17 #388317

square

#176E83 #621783 #832C17 #388317

split-complementary

#176E83 #831738 #836217

monochromatic

#05171B #0E424F #176E83 #209AB7 #38BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#176E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#176E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E83

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E83	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.083 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a7',
    500: '#176e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e83;
$custom-light: #6997a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49939,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E83

secondary

#B7563F

accent

#5E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E83

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

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