#176B6A#176B6A

#176B6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.075 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B6A
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 106)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 0.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, -23.77, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 24.63, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% -0.0733 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.075 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2114, 11.7372, 15.4656)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B6A #6B1718

analogous

#176B40 #176B6A #17426B

triadic

#176B6A #6A176B #6B6A17

tetradic

#176B6A #40176B #6B1718 #426B17

square

#176B6A #40176B #6B1718 #426B17

split-complementary

#176B6A #6B1742 #6B4017

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3938 #176B6A #229D9C #2DD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#176B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#176B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B6A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B6A	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64656A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.075 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659694',
    500: '#176b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b6a;
$custom-light: #659694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48074,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B6A

secondary

#A13D3E

accent

#4042E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B6A

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

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