#177BA0#177BA0

#177BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.102 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177BA0
RGB	rgb(23, 123, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, -13.69, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 30.70, 243.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% -0.0663 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.102 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7788, 16.8844, 35.7837)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#177BA0 #A03C17

analogous

#17A080 #177BA0 #1737A0

triadic

#177BA0 #A0177B #7BA017

tetradic

#177BA0 #8017A0 #A03C17 #37A017

square

#177BA0 #8017A0 #A03C17 #37A017

split-complementary

#177BA0 #A01737 #A08017

monochromatic

#082935 #0F526A #177BA0 #1FA4D6 #4CBCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#177BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#177BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177BA0

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177BA0	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6879A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 123, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.102 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa1bc',
    500: '#177ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177ba0;
$custom-light: #6fa1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54676,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177BA0

secondary

#C76D4C

accent

#6936F1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #177BA0

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

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