#176A72#176A72

#176A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.075 H 204.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A72
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, -20.60, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 23.53, 208.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% -0.0684 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.075 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5433, 11.7041, 17.7252)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A72 #721F17

analogous

#17724D #176A72 #173D72

triadic

#176A72 #72176A #6A7217

tetradic

#176A72 #4D1772 #721F17 #3D7217

square

#176A72 #4D1772 #721F17 #3D7217

split-complementary

#176A72 #72173D #724D17

monochromatic

#051819 #0D3B3F #176A72 #2199A5 #2EC6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#176A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#176A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A72

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A72	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.075 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959a',
    500: '#176a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a72;
$custom-light: #66959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.275,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48124,
    "c": 0.07538,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A72

secondary

#A8473D

accent

#4D3EE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A72

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

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