#176C5E#176C5E

#176C5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.080 H 178.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C5E
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 94)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 13%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, -27.97, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 27.98, 178.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% -0.0805 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.08 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7353, 11.7145, 12.4410)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C5E #6C1725

analogous

#176C34 #176C5E #174F6C

triadic

#176C5E #5E176C #6C5E17

tetradic

#176C5E #34176C #6C1725 #4F6C17

square

#176C5E #34176C #6C1725 #4F6C17

split-complementary

#176C5E #6C174F #6C3417

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3A32 #176C5E #229E8A #2CD1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#176C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#176C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C5E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C5E	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.080 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64968b',
    500: '#176c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c5e;
$custom-light: #64968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.118,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4792,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C5E

secondary

#A23D4D

accent

#405CE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C5E

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

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