#176B5E#176B5E

#176B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.079 H 179.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B5E
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, -27.49, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 27.49, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% -0.0794 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.079 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6304, 11.5048, 12.4060)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B5E #6B1724

analogous

#176B34 #176B5E #174E6B

triadic

#176B5E #5E176B #6B5E17

tetradic

#176B5E #34176B #6B1724 #4E6B17

square

#176B5E #34176B #6B1724 #4E6B17

split-complementary

#176B5E #6B174E #6B3417

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3932 #176B5E #229D8A #2DD0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#176B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#176B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B5E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B5E	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.079 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64968b',
    500: '#176b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b5e;
$custom-light: #64968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47641,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B5E

secondary

#A13D4C

accent

#405AE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B5E

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

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