#176D7E#176D7E

#176D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.081 H 214.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176D7E
RGB	rgb(23, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -18.09, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 24.44, 222.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% -0.0662 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.081 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5863, 12.6246, 21.6662)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176D7E #7E2817

analogous

#177E5C #176D7E #173A7E

triadic

#176D7E #7E176D #6D7E17

tetradic

#176D7E #5C177E #7E2817 #3A7E17

square

#176D7E #5C177E #7E2817 #3A7E17

split-complementary

#176D7E #7E173A #7E5C17

monochromatic

#05161A #0E404A #176D7E #209AB2 #35BFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#176D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#176D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176D7E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176D7E	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61697F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.081 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a3',
    500: '#176d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176d7e;
$custom-light: #6897a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49447,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176D7E

secondary

#B3513E

accent

#593CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176D7E

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

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