#176E85#176E85

#176E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.085 H 220.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E85
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -16.16, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 25.48, 230.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% -0.0642 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.085 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1611, 13.0262, 24.1645)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E85 #852E17

analogous

#178565 #176E85 #173785

triadic

#176E85 #85176E #6E8517

tetradic

#176E85 #651785 #852E17 #378517

square

#176E85 #651785 #852E17 #378517

split-complementary

#176E85 #851737 #856517

monochromatic

#05181D #0E4351 #176E85 #2099B9 #3ABBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#176E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E85

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E85	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.085 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a8',
    500: '#176e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e85;
$custom-light: #6997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50033,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E85

secondary

#B9583F

accent

#603BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E85

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

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