#176E90#176E90

#176E90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.094 H 230.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E90
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 144)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 23.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, -12.14, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 28.29, 244.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% -0.0599 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.094 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9613, 13.3463, 28.3785)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#176E90 #903917

analogous

#179076 #176E90 #173190

triadic

#176E90 #90176E #6E9017

tetradic

#176E90 #761790 #903917 #319017

square

#176E90 #761790 #903917 #319017

split-complementary

#176E90 #901731 #907617

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F465B #176E90 #1F96C5 #41B4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#176E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#176E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E90

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E90	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.094 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97b0',
    500: '#176e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e90;
$custom-light: #6b97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50574,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E90

secondary

#C16542

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F5

border

#C7CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E90

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

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