#176C55#176C55

#176C55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.086 H 170.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C55
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 85)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, -30.52, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 31.09, 169.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% -0.0851 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.086 170)
XYZ	xyz(7.3547, 11.5623, 10.4367)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C55 #6C172E

analogous

#176C2B #176C55 #17586C

triadic

#176C55 #55176C #6C5517

tetradic

#176C55 #2B176C #6C172E #586C17

square

#176C55 #2B176C #6C172E #586C17

split-complementary

#176C55 #6C1758 #6C2B17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3A2D #176C55 #229E7D #2CD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#176C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#176C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C55

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C55	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.086 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639784',
    500: '#176c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c55;
$custom-light: #639784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.765,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47636,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.11563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C55

secondary

#A23D58

accent

#406DE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C55

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

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