#176F88#176F88

#176F88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.087 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F88
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 136)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, -15.64, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 26.03, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% -0.064 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.087 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4799, 13.3273, 25.3079)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F88 #883017

analogous

#178868 #176F88 #173688

triadic

#176F88 #88176F #6F8817

tetradic

#176F88 #681788 #883017 #368817

square

#176F88 #681788 #883017 #368817

split-complementary

#176F88 #881736 #886817

monochromatic

#051A1F #0E4454 #176F88 #209ABC #3BBADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#176F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#176F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F88

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F88	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.087 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6998aa',
    500: '#176f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f88;
$custom-light: #6998aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.274,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50436,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F88

secondary

#BC5B3F

accent

#623AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F88

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

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