#176E69#176E69

#176E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.078 H 189.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E69
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, -25.61, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 25.98, 189.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% -0.0771 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.078 189)
XYZ	xyz(8.4779, 12.3529, 15.2994)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E69 #6E171C

analogous

#176E3D #176E69 #17476E

triadic

#176E69 #69176E #6E6917

tetradic

#176E69 #3D176E #6E171C #476E17

square

#176E69 #3D176E #6E171C #476E17

split-complementary

#176E69 #6E1747 #6E3D17

monochromatic

#051918 #0C3B39 #176E69 #22A199 #2CD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#176E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#176E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E69

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E69	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.078 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659893',
    500: '#176e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e69;
$custom-light: #659893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.552,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48857,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.12354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E69

secondary

#A43D43

accent

#3F49E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E69

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

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