#176A56#176A56

#176A56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.083 H 172.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A56
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, -29.31, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 29.63, 171.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.1% -0.0824 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(47.1% 0.083 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1862, 11.1613, 10.5779)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A56 #6A172B

analogous

#176A2C #176A56 #17546A

triadic

#176A56 #56176A #6A5617

tetradic

#176A56 #2C176A #6A172B #546A17

square

#176A56 #2C176A #6A172B #546A17

split-complementary

#176A56 #6A1754 #6A2C17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C382D #176A56 #229C7F #2DCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#176A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#176A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A56

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A56	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.083 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639585',
    500: '#176a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a56;
$custom-light: #639585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.542,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47103,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A56

secondary

#A03D55

accent

#4069E7

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A56

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

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