#176D5F#176D5F

#176D5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.081 H 178.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D5F
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 95)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, -28.16, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 28.17, 178.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% -0.081 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.081 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8865, 11.9447, 12.7142)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D5F #6D1725

analogous

#176D34 #176D5F #17506D

triadic

#176D5F #5F176D #6D5F17

tetradic

#176D5F #34176D #6D1725 #506D17

square

#176D5F #34176D #6D1725 #506D17

split-complementary

#176D5F #6D1750 #6D3417

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3A33 #176D5F #22A08B #2CD2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#176D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#176D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D5F

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D5F	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.081 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64978c',
    500: '#176d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d5f;
$custom-light: #64978c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.233,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48231,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D5F

secondary

#A33D4D

accent

#405BE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D5F

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

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