#176a77

Color #176a77

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 13.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#176a77

RGB

rgb(23, 106, 119)

HSL

hsl(188.1, 67.6%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.1, 80.7%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(80.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(40.93, -18.89, -14.12)

LCH

lch(40.93, 23.58, 216.78)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.077, 210.8)

HWB

hwb(188.1, 9%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#772417

Analogous

#177754

#176a77

#173a77

Triadic

#176a77

#77176a

#6a7717

Split-complementary

#176a77

#77173a

#775417

Tetradic

#176a77

#241777

#772417

#6a7717

Square

#176a77

#541777

#772417

#3a7717

Shades

Color #176a77 mixed toward black.

#135863

#0f474f

#0b353b

#082328

#041214

Tints

Color #176a77 mixed toward white.

#2198aa

#31c1d7

#65d0e1

#98e0eb

#cceff5

Tones

Color #176a77 mixed toward gray.

#1f646f

#275e67

#2f585f

#375357

#3f4d4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494a74 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#453f73 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#217271 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #176a77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#176a77]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#176a77 (#176a77) is rgb(23, 106, 119) in RGB.

No, #176a77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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