#177E94#177E94

#177E94 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.092 H 216.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E94
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 148)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, -19.63, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 27.85, 225.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.074 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.092 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1572, 17.2403, 30.6455)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E94 #942D17

analogous

#17946B #177E94 #173F94

triadic

#177E94 #94177E #7E9417

tetradic

#177E94 #6B1794 #942D17 #3F9417

square

#177E94 #6B1794 #942D17 #3F9417

split-complementary

#177E94 #94173F #946B17

monochromatic

#07242A #0F515F #177E94 #1FABC9 #44C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#177E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#177E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E94

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E94	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7A95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.092 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da3b3',
    500: '#177e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e94;
$custom-light: #6da3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.56,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54869,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E94

secondary

#C35A44

accent

#5838F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#080F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E94

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

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