#176E66#176E66

#176E66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.079 H 185.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E66
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(174, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.68, -26.54, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.68, 26.68, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% -0.0786 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.079 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3264, 12.2923, 14.5016)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E66 #6E171F

analogous

#176E3A #176E66 #174A6E

triadic

#176E66 #66176E #6E6617

tetradic

#176E66 #3A176E #6E171F #4A6E17

square

#176E66 #3A176E #6E171F #4A6E17

split-complementary

#176E66 #6E174A #6E3A17

monochromatic

#051917 #0C3B37 #176E66 #22A195 #2CD3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#176E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#176E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E66

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E66	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.079 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659891',
    500: '#176e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e66;
$custom-light: #659891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48748,
    "c": 0.07896,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E66

secondary

#A43D46

accent

#3F4FE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E66

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

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