#176E8D#176E8D

#176E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.091 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E8D
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -13.25, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 27.38, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.061 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.091 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7350, 13.2558, 27.1870)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E8D #8D3617

analogous

#178D71 #176E8D #17338D

triadic

#176E8D #8D176E #6E8D17

tetradic

#176E8D #71178D #8D3617 #338D17

square

#176E8D #71178D #8D3617 #338D17

split-complementary

#176E8D #8D1733 #8D7117

monochromatic

#061C24 #0E4558 #176E8D #2097C2 #3FB5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#176E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#176E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E8D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E8D	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.091 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97ae',
    500: '#176e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e8d;
$custom-light: #6a97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50422,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E8D

secondary

#C06240

accent

#6939EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E8D

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

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