#176C79#176C79

#176C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 210.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176C79
RGB	rgb(23, 108, 121)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, -19.28, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 23.95, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% -0.0674 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.078 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1656, 12.2866, 19.9739)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176C79 #792417

analogous

#177955 #176C79 #173B79

triadic

#176C79 #79176C #6C7917

tetradic

#176C79 #551779 #792417 #3B7917

square

#176C79 #551779 #792417 #3B7917

split-complementary

#176C79 #79173B #795517

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3E46 #176C79 #219AAC #32C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#176C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#176C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176C79

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176C79	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61687A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 108, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67969f',
    500: '#176c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176c79;
$custom-light: #67969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4896,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176C79

secondary

#AE4D3E

accent

#543DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176C79

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

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