#176E60#176E60

#176E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.082 H 179.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E60
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -28.35, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 28.36, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% -0.0816 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.082 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0395, 12.1776, 12.9909)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E60 #6E1725

analogous

#176E34 #176E60 #17506E

triadic

#176E60 #60176E #6E6017

tetradic

#176E60 #34176E #6E1725 #506E17

square

#176E60 #34176E #6E1725 #506E17

split-complementary

#176E60 #6E1750 #6E3417

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3B34 #176E60 #22A18C #2CD3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#176E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E60

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E60	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.082 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988d',
    500: '#176e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e60;
$custom-light: #64988d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.345,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48542,
    "c": 0.08164,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E60

secondary

#A43D4D

accent

#3F5BE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E60

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

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