#176E59#176E59

#176E59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.086 H 172.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E59
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 19.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, -30.35, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 30.70, 171.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% -0.0853 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.086 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7315, 12.0544, 11.3685)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E59 #6E172C

analogous

#176E2D #176E59 #17576E

triadic

#176E59 #59176E #6E5917

tetradic

#176E59 #2D176E #6E172C #576E17

square

#176E59 #2D176E #6E172C #576E17

split-complementary

#176E59 #6E1757 #6E2D17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3B30 #176E59 #22A182 #2CD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#176E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#176E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E59

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E59	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.086 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649887',
    500: '#176e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e59;
$custom-light: #649887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48318,
    "c": 0.08605,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E59

secondary

#A43D56

accent

#3F68E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E59

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

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