#176C6F#176C6F

#176C6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 198.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C6F
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 111)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, -22.66, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 24.28, 201.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% -0.072 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.076 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5839, 12.0539, 16.9101)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C6F #6F1A17

analogous

#176F46 #176C6F #17406F

triadic

#176C6F #6F176C #6C6F17

tetradic

#176C6F #46176F #6F1A17 #406F17

square

#176C6F #46176F #6F1A17 #406F17

split-complementary

#176C6F #6F1740 #6F4617

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3B3C #176C6F #229DA2 #2DCED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#176C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#176C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C6F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C6F	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)

#64676F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659698',
    500: '#176c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c6f;
$custom-light: #659698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.045,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48542,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C6F

secondary

#A5413D

accent

#453FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C6F

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

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