#176C59#176C59

#176C59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.084 H 173.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C59
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(167, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 17.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, -29.41, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 29.64, 172.95°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.083 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.084 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5181, 11.6276, 11.2974)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C59 #6C172A

analogous

#176C2E #176C59 #17546C

triadic

#176C59 #59176C #6C5917

tetradic

#176C59 #2E176C #6C172A #546C17

square

#176C59 #2E176C #6C172A #546C17

split-complementary

#176C59 #6C1754 #6C2E17

monochromatic

#051915 #0C3A2F #176C59 #229E83 #2CD1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#176C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#176C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C59

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C59	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.084 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639787',
    500: '#176c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c59;
$custom-light: #639787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.588,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47758,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C59

secondary

#A23D53

accent

#4065E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C59

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

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