#176F8D#176F8D

#176F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.091 H 226.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F8D
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, -13.82, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 27.23, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.062 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.091 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8435, 13.4728, 27.2231)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F8D #8D3517

analogous

#178D70 #176F8D #17348D

triadic

#176F8D #8D176F #6F8D17

tetradic

#176F8D #70178D #8D3517 #348D17

square

#176F8D #70178D #8D3517 #348D17

split-complementary

#176F8D #8D1734 #8D7017

monochromatic

#061C24 #0E4658 #176F8D #2098C2 #3FB7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#176F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#176F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F8D

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F8D	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)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.091 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98ae',
    500: '#176f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f8d;
$custom-light: #6a98ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.254,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50679,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F8D

secondary

#C06040

accent

#6739EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F8D

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

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