#176e7f

Color #176e7f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 14.42 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#176e7f

RGB

rgb(23, 110, 127)

HSL

hsl(189.8, 69.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.8, 81.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(42.56, -18.28, -16.47)

LCH

lch(42.56, 24.61, 222.02)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0811, 214.55)

HWB

hwb(189.8, 9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f2817

Analogous

#177f5c

#176e7f

#173a7f

Triadic

#176e7f

#7f176e

#6e7f17

Split-complementary

#176e7f

#7f173a

#7f5c17

Tetradic

#176e7f

#28177f

#7f2817

#6e7f17

Square

#176e7f

#5c177f

#7f2817

#3a7f17

Shades

Color #176e7f mixed toward black.

#135c6a

#0f4955

#0c373f

#08252a

#041215

Tints

Color #176e7f mixed toward white.

#209ab2

#34bfda

#67cfe3

#99dfed

#cceff6

Tones

Color #176e7f mixed toward gray.

#206876

#28626e

#315c65

#3a575c

#425154

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4d7b · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#47417a · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#227877 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #176e7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#176e7f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#176e7f (#176e7f) is rgb(23, 110, 127) in RGB.

No, #176e7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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