#177E96#177E96

#177E96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.093 H 218.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E96
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 150)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, -18.93, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 28.13, 227.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.0732 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.094 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3169, 17.3042, 31.4864)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E96 #962F17

analogous

#17966F #177E96 #173F96

triadic

#177E96 #96177E #7E9617

tetradic

#177E96 #6F1796 #962F17 #3F9617

square

#177E96 #6F1796 #962F17 #3F9617

split-complementary

#177E96 #96173F #966F17

monochromatic

#07252C #0F5161 #177E96 #1FABCB #45C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#177E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#177E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E96

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E96	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.093 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da3b5',
    500: '#177e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e96;
$custom-light: #6da3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54959,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E96

secondary

#C35D45

accent

#5B38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#080F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E96

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

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