#176E94#176E94

#176E94 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.097 H 233.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E94
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 148)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, -10.65, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 29.62, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% -0.0584 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.097 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2724, 13.4707, 30.0172)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E94 #943D17

analogous

#17947B #176E94 #172F94

triadic

#176E94 #94176E #6E9417

tetradic

#176E94 #7B1794 #943D17 #2F9417

square

#176E94 #7B1794 #943D17 #2F9417

split-complementary

#176E94 #94172F #947B17

monochromatic

#071F2A #0F475F #176E94 #1F95C9 #44B2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#176E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#176E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E94

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E94	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.097 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97b3',
    500: '#176e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e94;
$custom-light: #6c97b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50781,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E94

secondary

#C36B44

accent

#7038F0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E94

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

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