#176F89#176F89

#176F89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.087 H 223.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F89
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 137)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 19%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -15.28, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 26.25, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% -0.0636 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.087 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5513, 13.3559, 25.6839)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F89 #893117

analogous

#17896A #176F89 #173689

triadic

#176F89 #89176F #6F8917

tetradic

#176F89 #6A1789 #893117 #368917

square

#176F89 #6A1789 #893117 #368917

split-complementary

#176F89 #891736 #896A17

monochromatic

#051A20 #0E4555 #176F89 #2099BD #3CB9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#176F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#176F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F89

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F89	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)

#606C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.087 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98ab',
    500: '#176f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f89;
$custom-light: #6a98ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50483,
    "c": 0.08735,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F89

secondary

#BD5C3F

accent

#633AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F89

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

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