#176E57#176E57

#176E57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.088 H 170.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E57
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -30.90, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 31.43, 169.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% -0.0863 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.088 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6487, 12.0212, 10.9322)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E57 #6E172E

analogous

#176E2B #176E57 #17596E

triadic

#176E57 #57176E #6E5717

tetradic

#176E57 #2B176E #6E172E #596E17

square

#176E57 #2B176E #6E172E #596E17

split-complementary

#176E57 #6E1759 #6E2B17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3B2F #176E57 #22A17F #2CD3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#176E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#176E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E57

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E57	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)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.088 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649886',
    500: '#176e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e57;
$custom-light: #649886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.138,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48258,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E57

secondary

#A43D58

accent

#3F6CE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E57

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

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