#176E8F#176E8F

#176E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.093 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E8F
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, -12.51, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 27.97, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0602 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.093 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8852, 13.3158, 27.9778)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E8F #8F3817

analogous

#178F74 #176E8F #17328F

triadic

#176E8F #8F176E #6E8F17

tetradic

#176E8F #74178F #8F3817 #328F17

square

#176E8F #74178F #8F3817 #328F17

split-complementary

#176E8F #8F1732 #8F7417

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F455A #176E8F #1F97C4 #40B4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#176E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#176E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E8F

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E8F	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.093 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97b0',
    500: '#176e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e8f;
$custom-light: #6b97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50523,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E8F

secondary

#C16441

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E8F

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

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