#176E8E#176E8E

#176E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.092 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E8E
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, -12.88, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 27.67, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% -0.0606 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.092 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8098, 13.2857, 27.5806)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E8E #8E3717

analogous

#178E72 #176E8E #17338E

triadic

#176E8E #8E176E #6E8E17

tetradic

#176E8E #72178E #8E3717 #338E17

square

#176E8E #72178E #8E3717 #338E17

split-complementary

#176E8E #8E1733 #8E7217

monochromatic

#061C25 #0E4559 #176E8E #2097C3 #3FB5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#176E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#176E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E8E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E8E	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.092 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97af',
    500: '#176e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e8e;
$custom-light: #6a97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50472,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E8E

secondary

#C06340

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E8E

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

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