#176F8F#176F8F

#176F8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.092 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F8F
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, -13.09, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 27.80, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% -0.0612 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.092 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9937, 13.5328, 28.0139)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F8F #8F3717

analogous

#178F73 #176F8F #17338F

triadic

#176F8F #8F176F #6F8F17

tetradic

#176F8F #73178F #8F3717 #338F17

square

#176F8F #73178F #8F3717 #338F17

split-complementary

#176F8F #8F1733 #8F7317

monochromatic

#061D26 #0F465A #176F8F #1F98C4 #40B6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#176F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#176F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F8F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F8F	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.092 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b98b0',
    500: '#176f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f8f;
$custom-light: #6b98b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F8F

secondary

#C16341

accent

#6939EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F8F

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

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