#177B96#177B96

#177B96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.094 H 221.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177B96
RGB	rgb(23, 123, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(193, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 18%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, -17.30, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 28.20, 232.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% -0.0702 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.094 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9390, 16.5484, 31.3605)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177B96 #963217

analogous

#179672 #177B96 #173C96

triadic

#177B96 #96177B #7B9617

tetradic

#177B96 #721796 #963217 #3C9617

square

#177B96 #721796 #963217 #3C9617

split-complementary

#177B96 #96173C #967217

monochromatic

#07242C #0F4F61 #177B96 #1FA7CB #45C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#177B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#177B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177B96

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177B96	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 123, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.094 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da1b5',
    500: '#177b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177b96;
$custom-light: #6da1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54191,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177B96

secondary

#C36045

accent

#5F38F0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #177B96

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

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