#176D7B#176D7B

#176D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.079 H 211.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D7B
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 123)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -19.13, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 24.19, 217.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% -0.0675 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.079 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3956, 12.5483, 20.6619)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D7B #7B2517

analogous

#177B57 #176D7B #173B7B

triadic

#176D7B #7B176D #6D7B17

tetradic

#176D7B #57177B #7B2517 #3B7B17

square

#176D7B #57177B #7B2517 #3B7B17

split-complementary

#176D7B #7B173B #7B5717

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3F47 #176D7B #219BAF #33C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#176D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#176D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D7B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D7B	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62697C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.079 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a1',
    500: '#176d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d7b;
$custom-light: #6797a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49313,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D7B

secondary

#B04E3E

accent

#553CEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D7B

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

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