#176E5E#176E5E

#176E5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.083 H 177.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E5E
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, -28.93, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 28.99, 176.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% -0.0826 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.083 177)
XYZ	xyz(7.9486, 12.1412, 12.5121)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E5E #6E1727

analogous

#176E32 #176E5E #17526E

triadic

#176E5E #5E176E #6E5E17

tetradic

#176E5E #32176E #6E1727 #526E17

square

#176E5E #32176E #6E1727 #526E17

split-complementary

#176E5E #6E1752 #6E3217

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3B33 #176E5E #22A189 #2CD3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#176E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E5E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E5E	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.083 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988b',
    500: '#176e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e5e;
$custom-light: #64988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.966,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48476,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.12142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E5E

secondary

#A43D50

accent

#3F5EE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E5E

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

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