#176B5B#176B5B

#176B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.081 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B5B
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 91)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 15%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, -28.36, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 28.44, 175.95°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% -0.0809 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.081 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4984, 11.4520, 11.7108)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B5B #6B1727

analogous

#176B31 #176B5B #17516B

triadic

#176B5B #5B176B #6B5B17

tetradic

#176B5B #31176B #6B1727 #516B17

square

#176B5B #31176B #6B1727 #516B17

split-complementary

#176B5B #6B1751 #6B3117

monochromatic

#051915 #0C3930 #176B5B #229D86 #2DD0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#176B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#176B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B5B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B5B	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.081 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639689',
    500: '#176b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b5b;
$custom-light: #639689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47542,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B5B

secondary

#A13D50

accent

#4060E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B5B

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

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