#176C53#176C53

#176C53 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.088 H 168.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C53
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 83)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(162, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 23.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, -31.06, 7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 31.85, 167.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% -0.0862 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.088 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2764, 11.5309, 10.0241)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C53 #6C1730

analogous

#176C28 #176C53 #175A6C

triadic

#176C53 #53176C #6C5317

tetradic

#176C53 #28176C #6C1730 #5A6C17

square

#176C53 #28176C #6C1730 #5A6C17

split-complementary

#176C53 #6C175A #6C2817

monochromatic

#051913 #0C3A2C #176C53 #229E7A #2CD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#176C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#176C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C53

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C53	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.088 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639783',
    500: '#176c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c53;
$custom-light: #639783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47577,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C53

secondary

#A23D5B

accent

#4071E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C53

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

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