#176E86#176E86

#176E86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.085 H 221.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E86
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 134)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -15.80, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 25.68, 232.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.0638 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.085 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2305, 13.0540, 24.5301)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E86 #862F17

analogous

#178666 #176E86 #173686

triadic

#176E86 #86176E #6E8617

tetradic

#176E86 #661786 #862F17 #368617

square

#176E86 #661786 #862F17 #368617

split-complementary

#176E86 #861736 #866617

monochromatic

#05181E #0E4352 #176E86 #2099BA #3ABADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#176E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E86

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E86	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)

#606B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.085 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a9',
    500: '#176e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e86;
$custom-light: #6997a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E86

secondary

#BA593F

accent

#613AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E86

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

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