#176B79#176B79

#176B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.078 H 211.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176B79
RGB	rgb(23, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, -18.74, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 23.83, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% -0.0663 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.078 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0607, 12.0769, 19.9390)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176B79 #792517

analogous

#177956 #176B79 #173A79

triadic

#176B79 #79176B #6B7917

tetradic

#176B79 #561779 #792517 #3A7917

square

#176B79 #561779 #792517 #3A7917

split-complementary

#176B79 #79173A #795617

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3E46 #176B79 #2198AC #32C0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#176B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#176B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176B79

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176B79	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60677A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.078 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67959f',
    500: '#176b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176b79;
$custom-light: #67959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48693,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176B79

secondary

#AE4E3E

accent

#563DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176B79

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

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