#176E88#176E88

#176E88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.087 H 223.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E88
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, -15.07, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 26.10, 234.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.063 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.087 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3714, 13.1103, 25.2717)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E88 #883117

analogous

#178869 #176E88 #173588

triadic

#176E88 #88176E #6E8817

tetradic

#176E88 #691788 #883117 #358817

square

#176E88 #691788 #883117 #358817

split-complementary

#176E88 #881735 #886917

monochromatic

#05191F #0E4454 #176E88 #2098BC #3BB9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#176E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#176E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E88

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E88	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.087 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997aa',
    500: '#176e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e88;
$custom-light: #6997aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50176,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E88

secondary

#BC5C3F

accent

#633AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E88

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

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