#176A7A#176A7A

#176A7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.078 H 214.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176A7A
RGB	rgb(23, 106, 122)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(190, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, -17.84, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 23.81, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% -0.0648 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.078 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0187, 11.8943, 20.2291)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176A7A #7A2717

analogous

#177A58 #176A7A #17387A

triadic

#176A7A #7A176A #6A7A17

tetradic

#176A7A #58177A #7A2717 #387A17

square

#176A7A #58177A #7A2717 #387A17

split-complementary

#176A7A #7A1738 #7A5817

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3D47 #176A7A #2197AD #33BED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#176A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#176A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176A7A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176A7A	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E667B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 106, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.078 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a0',
    500: '#176a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176a7a;
$custom-light: #6795a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.697,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48472,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176A7A

secondary

#AF503E

accent

#593DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176A7A

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

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