#176D79#176D79

#176D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.078 H 209.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D79
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -19.82, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 24.10, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0684 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.078 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2717, 12.4988, 20.0093)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D79 #792317

analogous

#177954 #176D79 #173C79

triadic

#176D79 #79176D #6D7917

tetradic

#176D79 #541779 #792317 #3C7917

square

#176D79 #541779 #792317 #3C7917

split-complementary

#176D79 #79173C #795417

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3F46 #176D79 #219BAC #32C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#176D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D79

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D79	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62697A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.078 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67979f',
    500: '#176d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d79;
$custom-light: #67979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49226,
    "c": 0.07834,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D79

secondary

#AE4B3E

accent

#523DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D79

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

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