#176B6F#176B6F

#176B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.075 H 199.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B6F
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, -22.14, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 23.98, 202.59°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0709 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.075 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4790, 11.8442, 16.8751)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B6F #6F1B17

analogous

#176F47 #176B6F #173F6F

triadic

#176B6F #6F176B #6B6F17

tetradic

#176B6F #47176F #6F1B17 #3F6F17

square

#176B6F #47176F #6F1B17 #3F6F17

split-complementary

#176B6F #6F173F #6F4717

monochromatic

#051819 #0C3A3C #176B6F #229CA2 #2DCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#176B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#176B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B6F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B6F	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.075 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659598',
    500: '#176b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b6f;
$custom-light: #659598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48271,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B6F

secondary

#A5423D

accent

#473FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B6F

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

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