#177AA0#177AA0

#177AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.102 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177AA0
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(197, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, -13.13, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 30.89, 244.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% -0.0654 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.102 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6554, 16.6375, 35.7425)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177AA0 #A03D17

analogous

#17A081 #177AA0 #1736A0

triadic

#177AA0 #A0177A #7AA017

tetradic

#177AA0 #8117A0 #A03D17 #36A017

square

#177AA0 #8117A0 #A03D17 #36A017

split-complementary

#177AA0 #A01736 #A08117

monochromatic

#082835 #0F516A #177AA0 #1FA3D6 #4CBBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#177AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#177AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177AA0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177AA0	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.102 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa0bc',
    500: '#177aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177aa0;
$custom-light: #6fa0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54424,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177AA0

secondary

#C76E4C

accent

#6A36F1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #177AA0

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

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