#176F81#176F81

#176F81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.082 H 215.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#176F81
RGBrgb(23, 111, 129)
HSLhsl(190, 70%, 30%)
HSVhsv(190, 82%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(82.2%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LABlab(42.97, -18.13, -17.05)
CIE-LCHlch(42.97, 24.89, 223.24°)
OKLaboklab(50.11% -0.0669 -0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(50.11% 0.082 215.4)
XYZxyz(9.9985, 13.1348, 22.7729)
Luminance0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#176F81 #812917
analogous
#17815E #176F81 #173A81
triadic
#176F81 #81176F #6F8117
tetradic
#176F81 #5E1781 #812917 #3A8117
square
#176F81 #5E1781 #812917 #3A8117
split-complementary
#176F81 #81173A #815E17
monochromatic
#05161A #0E424D #176F81 #209CB5 #37BFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79
#176F81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63
#176F81 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F81
5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##176F81#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##176F811.005.793.635.79
#FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#636B82
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#556181
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007675
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #176f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.082 215.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a5',
    500: '#176f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #176f81;
$custom-light: #6898a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#176f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5011,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#176F81
secondary
#B5533E
accent
#593BED
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF2F4
border
#C7CCCE
text
#070D0F
muted
#7A7E7F

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#176F81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva