#176E68#176E68

#176E68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.078 H 187.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E68
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 104)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, -25.93, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 26.20, 188.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% -0.0776 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.078 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4268, 12.3325, 15.0303)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E68 #6E171D

analogous

#176E3C #176E68 #17486E

triadic

#176E68 #68176E #6E6817

tetradic

#176E68 #3C176E #6E171D #486E17

square

#176E68 #3C176E #6E171D #486E17

split-complementary

#176E68 #6E1748 #6E3C17

monochromatic

#051918 #0C3B38 #176E68 #22A198 #2CD3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#176E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#176E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E68

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E68	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.078 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659893',
    500: '#176e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e68;
$custom-light: #659893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4882,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E68

secondary

#A43D44

accent

#3F4BE8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E68

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

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