#176F86#176F86

#176F86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.085 H 220.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F86
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 134)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(192, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, -16.36, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 25.64, 230.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% -0.0648 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.085 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3390, 13.2710, 24.5663)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F86 #862E17

analogous

#178665 #176F86 #173886

triadic

#176F86 #86176F #6F8617

tetradic

#176F86 #651786 #862E17 #388617

square

#176F86 #651786 #862E17 #388617

split-complementary

#176F86 #861738 #866517

monochromatic

#05181E #0E4452 #176F86 #209ABA #3ABBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#176F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#176F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F86

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F86	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.085 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6998a9',
    500: '#176f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f86;
$custom-light: #6998a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.432,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50341,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F86

secondary

#BA583F

accent

#5F3AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F86

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

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