#176E63#176E63

#176E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.080 H 182.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E63
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, -27.46, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 27.48, 182.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% -0.0801 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.08 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1803, 12.2339, 13.7322)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E63 #6E1722

analogous

#176E37 #176E63 #174D6E

triadic

#176E63 #63176E #6E6317

tetradic

#176E63 #37176E #6E1722 #4D6E17

square

#176E63 #37176E #6E1722 #4D6E17

split-complementary

#176E63 #6E174D #6E3717

monochromatic

#051917 #0C3B35 #176E63 #22A191 #2CD3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#176E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#176E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E63

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E63	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.080 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65988f',
    500: '#176e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e63;
$custom-light: #65988f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.414,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48643,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E63

secondary

#A43D4A

accent

#3F55E8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E63

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

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