#176B6E#176B6E

#176B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.075 H 198.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B6E
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, -22.47, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 24.08, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% -0.0714 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.075 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4242, 11.8223, 16.5868)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B6E #6E1A17

analogous

#176E45 #176B6E #173F6E

triadic

#176B6E #6E176B #6B6E17

tetradic

#176B6E #45176E #6E1A17 #3F6E17

square

#176B6E #45176E #6E1A17 #3F6E17

split-complementary

#176B6E #6E173F #6E4517

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A3B #176B6E #229CA1 #2CCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#176B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#176B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B6E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B6E	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.075 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659597',
    500: '#176b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b6e;
$custom-light: #659597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4823,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B6E

secondary

#A4403D

accent

#453FE8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B6E

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

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