#176E56#176E56

#176E56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.088 H 169.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E56
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(163, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.22, -31.17, 6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.22, 31.80, 168.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% -0.0868 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.088 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6081, 12.0050, 10.7185)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E56 #6E172F

analogous

#176E2A #176E56 #175A6E

triadic

#176E56 #56176E #6E5617

tetradic

#176E56 #2A176E #6E172F #5A6E17

square

#176E56 #2A176E #6E172F #5A6E17

split-complementary

#176E56 #6E175A #6E2A17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3B2E #176E56 #22A17E #2CD3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#176E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#176E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E56

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E56	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.088 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649885',
    500: '#176e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e56;
$custom-light: #649885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48228,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E56

secondary

#A43D59

accent

#3F6EE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E56

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

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