#176C6D#176C6D

#176C6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C6D
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 109)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, -23.32, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 24.52, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% -0.0729 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.076 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4750, 12.0104, 16.3366)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C6D #6D1817

analogous

#176D43 #176C6D #17416D

triadic

#176C6D #6D176C #6C6D17

tetradic

#176C6D #43176D #6D1817 #416D17

square

#176C6D #43176D #6D1817 #416D17

split-complementary

#176C6D #6D1741 #6D4317

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A3A #176C6D #229EA0 #2CD0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#176C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#176C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C6D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C6D	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64666D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659696',
    500: '#176c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c6d;
$custom-light: #659696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48463,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C6D

secondary

#A33E3D

accent

#4240E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C6D

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

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