#176B72#176B72

#176B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.076 H 203.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B72
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, -21.14, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 23.77, 207.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% -0.0695 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.076 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6470, 11.9114, 17.7597)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B72 #721E17

analogous

#17724C #176B72 #173E72

triadic

#176B72 #72176B #6B7217

tetradic

#176B72 #4C1772 #721E17 #3E7217

square

#176B72 #4C1772 #721E17 #3E7217

split-complementary

#176B72 #72173E #724C17

monochromatic

#051819 #0D3B3F #176B72 #219BA5 #2EC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#176B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#176B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B72	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.076 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959a',
    500: '#176b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b72;
$custom-light: #66959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48393,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B72

secondary

#A8453D

accent

#4C3EE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B72

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

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