#176D6A#176D6A

#176D6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.077 H 191.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D6A
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 106)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, -24.79, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 25.38, 192.35°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% -0.0755 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.077 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4223, 12.1590, 15.5359)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D6A #6D171A

analogous

#176D3F #176D6A #17456D

triadic

#176D6A #6A176D #6D6A17

tetradic

#176D6A #3F176D #6D171A #456D17

square

#176D6A #3F176D #6D171A #456D17

split-complementary

#176D6A #6D1745 #6D3F17

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A39 #176D6A #22A09B #2CD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#176D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D6A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D6A	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.077 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659794',
    500: '#176d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d6a;
$custom-light: #659794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4862,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D6A

secondary

#A33D40

accent

#4046E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D6A

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

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