#176C6B#176C6B

#176C6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.076 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C6B
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 107)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, -23.96, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 24.83, 195.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% -0.0739 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.076 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3685, 11.9678, 15.7760)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C6B #6C1718

analogous

#176C40 #176C6B #17426C

triadic

#176C6B #6B176C #6C6B17

tetradic

#176C6B #40176C #6C1718 #426C17

square

#176C6B #40176C #6C1718 #426C17

split-complementary

#176C6B #6C1742 #6C4017

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A39 #176C6B #229E9D #2CD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#176C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#176C6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C6B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C6B	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65666B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.076 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659695',
    500: '#176c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c6b;
$custom-light: #659695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48385,
    "c": 0.07609,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C6B

secondary

#A23D3E

accent

#4042E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C6B

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

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