#176C6E#176C6E

#176C6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C6E
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 110)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, -22.99, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 24.39, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0725 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.076 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5291, 12.0320, 16.6217)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C6E #6E1917

analogous

#176E44 #176C6E #17406E

triadic

#176C6E #6E176C #6C6E17

tetradic

#176C6E #44176E #6E1917 #406E17

square

#176C6E #44176E #6E1917 #406E17

split-complementary

#176C6E #6E1740 #6E4417

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A3B #176C6E #229EA1 #2CCFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#176C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#176C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C6E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C6E	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659697',
    500: '#176c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c6e;
$custom-light: #659697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.379,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48502,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C6E

secondary

#A43F3D

accent

#433FE8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C6E

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

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