#176E62#176E62

#176E62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.081 H 181.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E62
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 98)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, -27.76, -0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 27.76, 180.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% -0.0806 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.081 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1328, 12.2149, 13.4820)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E62 #6E1723

analogous

#176E36 #176E62 #174E6E

triadic

#176E62 #62176E #6E6217

tetradic

#176E62 #36176E #6E1723 #4E6E17

square

#176E62 #36176E #6E1723 #4E6E17

split-complementary

#176E62 #6E174E #6E3617

monochromatic

#051917 #0C3B35 #176E62 #22A18F #2CD3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#176E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#176E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E62

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E62	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.081 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988e',
    500: '#176e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e62;
$custom-light: #64988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48609,
    "c": 0.08062,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E62

secondary

#A43D4B

accent

#3F57E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E62

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

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