#176F8E#176F8E

#176F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.091 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F8E
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, -13.46, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 27.51, 240.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0616 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.091 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9183, 13.5027, 27.6168)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F8E #8E3617

analogous

#178E71 #176F8E #17348E

triadic

#176F8E #8E176F #6F8E17

tetradic

#176F8E #71178E #8E3617 #348E17

square

#176F8E #71178E #8E3617 #348E17

split-complementary

#176F8E #8E1734 #8E7117

monochromatic

#061D25 #0E4659 #176F8E #2098C3 #3FB6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#176F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#176F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F8E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F8E	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.091 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98af',
    500: '#176f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f8e;
$custom-light: #6a98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50729,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F8E

secondary

#C06240

accent

#6839EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F8E

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

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