#176D59#176D59

#176D59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.085 H 172.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D59
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, -29.88, 4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 30.17, 172.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% -0.0841 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.085 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6242, 11.8398, 11.3327)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D59 #6D172B

analogous

#176D2E #176D59 #17566D

triadic

#176D59 #59176D #6D5917

tetradic

#176D59 #2E176D #6D172B #566D17

square

#176D59 #2E176D #6D172B #566D17

split-complementary

#176D59 #6D1756 #6D2E17

monochromatic

#051915 #0C3A30 #176D59 #22A082 #2CD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#176D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#176D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D59

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D59	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.085 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649787',
    500: '#176d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d59;
$custom-light: #649787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48038,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D59

secondary

#A33D55

accent

#4067E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D59

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

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