#176A78#176A78

#176A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.077 H 211.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A78
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 120)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, -18.54, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 23.64, 218.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% -0.0657 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.077 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8961, 11.8452, 19.5831)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A78 #782517

analogous

#177855 #176A78 #173978

triadic

#176A78 #78176A #6A7817

tetradic

#176A78 #551778 #782517 #397817

square

#176A78 #551778 #782517 #397817

split-complementary

#176A78 #781739 #785517

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3D45 #176A78 #2197AB #32C0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#176A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#176A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A78

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A78	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.077 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959f',
    500: '#176a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a78;
$custom-light: #66959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48383,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A78

secondary

#AD4E3E

accent

#563DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A78

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

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