#176E55#176E55

#176E55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.089 H 168.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E55
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(163, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, -31.44, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 32.18, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% -0.0873 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.089 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5681, 11.9890, 10.5078)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E55 #6E1730

analogous

#176E29 #176E55 #175B6E

triadic

#176E55 #55176E #6E5517

tetradic

#176E55 #29176E #6E1730 #5B6E17

square

#176E55 #29176E #6E1730 #5B6E17

split-complementary

#176E55 #6E175B #6E2917

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3B2E #176E55 #22A17C #2CD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#176E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#176E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E55

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E55	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.089 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649884',
    500: '#176e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e55;
$custom-light: #649884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.759,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48199,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E55

secondary

#A43D5B

accent

#3F70E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E55

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

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