#176E5F#176E5F

#176E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.082 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E5F
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, -28.64, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 28.67, 177.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% -0.0821 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.082 178)
XYZ	xyz(7.9938, 12.1593, 12.7499)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E5F #6E1726

analogous

#176E33 #176E5F #17516E

triadic

#176E5F #5F176E #6E5F17

tetradic

#176E5F #33176E #6E1726 #516E17

square

#176E5F #33176E #6E1726 #516E17

split-complementary

#176E5F #6E1751 #6E3317

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3B33 #176E5F #22A18B #2CD3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#176E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#176E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E5F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E5F	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.082 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988c',
    500: '#176e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e5f;
$custom-light: #64988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48509,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.1216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E5F

secondary

#A43D4F

accent

#3F5DE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E5F

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

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