#176F90#176F90

#176F90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.093 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F90
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 144)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 22.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, -12.72, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 28.09, 243.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% -0.0608 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.093 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0698, 13.5633, 28.4147)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F90 #903817

analogous

#179075 #176F90 #173290

triadic

#176F90 #90176F #6F9017

tetradic

#176F90 #751790 #903817 #329017

square

#176F90 #751790 #903817 #329017

split-complementary

#176F90 #901732 #907517

monochromatic

#061E26 #0F465B #176F90 #1F98C5 #41B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#176F90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#176F90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F90

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F90	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.093 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b98b0',
    500: '#176f90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f90;
$custom-light: #6b98b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50829,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F90

secondary

#C16442

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F5

border

#C8CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F90

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

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